Two years ago, we highlighted the ridiculous class action lawsuit filed by a Pittsburgh Penguins fan who claimed he received too many texts from the professional hockey franchise.

Well, here we go again.

According to news reports, the Buffalo Bills have settled a similar two-year-old lawsuit by agreeing to pay up to $3 million to settle the class-action lawsuit that accused it of sending too many alerts to fans who signed up for its text-messaging service.

Jerry Wojcik, a Bills fan who lives in Florida, filed the suit in October 2012, claiming the team violated the terms of its text service arrangement by sending him 13 messages over two weeks when, according to its website, it promised to send no more than five per week. Wojcik claimed in his suit that the extra texts violated the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act, and he sought statutory damages of $500 per excessive message for negligent violations and up to $1,500 per message for willful violations.

In a settlement recently filed in federal court in Tampa, Florida, the Bills agreed to provide up to $2.5 million in debit cards to fans who had signed up for the text service. The debit cards can be used at the Bills stadium store or online at the team's website; they cannot be redeemed for cash.

Wojcik, as class representative, will receive $5,000 in cash.  Wojcik's lawyers will receive $562,500.

A final hearing on the proposed settlement of the case is set for late August.

—Source: buffalonews.com