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New Mexico Statutes Chapter 57. Trade Practices and Regulations § 57-27-5. Consumer rights;  actions;  treble damages

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A. This section shall not be construed to limit rights and remedies available to a consumer under any other law.

B. In addition to pursuing any other remedy, a consumer may bring an action to recover actual damages or the sum of one hundred dollars ($100), whichever is greater.  Where the trier of fact finds that the party charged with a violation of the Assistive Device Lemon Law has willfully engaged in the violation, the court may award up to three times actual damages or three hundred dollars ($300), whichever is greater, to the party complaining of the violation.

C. The court shall award attorney fees and costs to the party complaining of a violation of the Assistive Device Lemon Law if he prevails.  The court shall award attorney fees and costs to the party charged with a violation of the Assistive Device Lemon Law if it finds that the party complaining of the violation brought an action that was an action that is frivolous or brought in bad faith.

D. In any class action filed under this section, the court may award damages to the named plaintiffs as provided in Subsection B of this section and may award members of the class such actual damages as were suffered by each member of the class as a result of a violation of the Assistive Device Lemon Law.

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