7 §2988. Civil action by injured person
Title 7: AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Part 7: MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS
Chapter 603-A: DESTRUCTIVE COMPETITION HEADING: PL 1983, C. 484, §2 (NEW)
§2988. Civil action by injured person
1. Injunctive relief; damages and costs. Any person damaged or who is threatened with loss or injury by reason of a violation of section 2983 may bring a civil action in the Superior Court in the county where he resides, to prevent, restrain or enjoin the violation or threatened violation. If in that action a violation or threatened violation of section 2983 shall be established, the court may enjoin and restrain or otherwise prohibit the violation or threatened violation. In that action it shall not be necessary that actual damages to the plaintiff be alleged or proved. In addition to the injunctive relief, the plaintiff in the action shall be entitled to recover from the defendant 3 times the amount of actual damages sustained by him and the costs of the action, including reasonable attorneys' fees.
[ 1983, c. 484, §2 (NEW) .]
2. Damages only. In the event no injunctive relief is sought or required, any person injured by a violation of section 2983 may maintain an action for damages alone in the Superior Court in the county where he resides and the measure of damages in the action shall be the same as prescribed in subsection 1.
[ 1983, c. 484, §2 (NEW) .]
SECTION HISTORY
1983, c. 484, §2 (NEW).