Title 15 — Commerce and Trade
Chapter 62 — Condominium and Cooperative Conversion Protection and Abuse Relief
§ 3611. Additional remedies
Statutory text
Suits at law or equity
Unless otherwise limited as in section 3607 or 3608 of this title, any person aggrieved by a violation of this chapter may sue at law or in equity.
Recovery of actual damages
In any action authorized by this section for a violation of section 3607 or 3609 of this title where actual damages have been suffered, such damages may be awarded or such other relief granted as deemed fair, just, and equitable.
Contribution
Every person who becomes liable to make any payment under this section may recover contributions from any person who if sued separately, would have been liable to make the same payment.
Amounts recoverable; defendant’s attorneys’ fees
The amounts recoverable under this section may include interest paid, reasonable attorneys’ fees, independent engineer and appraisers’ fees, and court costs. A defendant may recover reasonable attorneys’ fees if the court determines that the cause of action filed by the plaintiff is frivolous, malicious, or lacking in substantial merit.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Condominium and Cooperative Abuse Relief Act of 1980
Pub. L. 96–399 title VI § 612 · 94 Stat. 1614
Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 3611
(Pub. L. 96–399, title VI, § 612, Oct. 8, 1980, 94 Stat. 1679.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 96–399, title VI, § 612, Oct. 8, 1980, 94 Stat. 1679.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 612. additional remedies (a) Unless otherwise limited as in section 608 or 609 of this 15 USC 3611. title, any person aggrieved by a violation of this title may sue at law or in equity. (b) In any action authorized by this section for a violation of section 608 or 610 where actual damages have been suffered, such damages may be awarded or such other relief granted as deemed fair, just, and equitable. (c) Every person who becomes liable to make any payment under this section may recover contributions from any person who, if sued separately, would have been liable to make the same payment. (d) The amounts recoverable under this section may include interest paid, reasonable attorneys’ fees, independent engineer and appraisers’ fees, and court costs. A defendant may recover reasonable attorneys’ fees if the court determines that the cause of action filed by the plaintiff is frivolous, malicious, or lacking in substantial merit.
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