§ 39-2-7 - Civil liability for violations – Limitation of actions.
SECTION 39-2-7
§ 39-2-7 Civil liability for violations– Limitation of actions. – If any public utility shall do or cause to be done or permit to be done anymatter, act, or thing in chapters 1 – 5 of this title prohibited ordeclared to be unlawful, or shall omit to do any act, matter, or thing to bedone by it, the public utility shall be liable to the person, firm, orcorporation injured thereby, in a civil action to be brought within three (3)years from the time the cause of action accrues, and not after, for the amountof damage sustained in consequence of the violation; provided, that anyrecovery as provided in this section, shall in no manner affect the recovery bythe state of the penalty prescribed for the violation.