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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
A consumer reporting agency or user of information that willfully and knowingly fails to comply with a requirement imposed under this chapter with respect to a consumer is liable to that consumer for and the court may award an amount equal to the sum of:
1. Actual damages. Actual damages sustained by the consumer as a result of the failure;
2. Treble damages. An amount equal to 3 times the actual damages according to subsection 1; and
3. Costs and attorney's fees. In the case of a successful action to enforce a liability under this section, the costs of the action together with reasonable attorney's fees as determined by the court.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Maine Revised Statutes Title 10. Commerce and Trade § 1310-C. Civil liability for willful noncompliance - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/me/title-10-commerce-and-trade/me-rev-st-tit-10-sect-1310-c/
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