15 U.S.C. § 2072 : US Code - Section 2072: Suits for damages

Search 15 U.S.C. § 2072 : US Code - Section 2072: Suits for damages

(a) Persons injured; costs; amount in controversy
Any person who shall sustain injury by reason of any knowing
(including willful) violation of a consumer product safety rule, or
any other rule or order issued by the Commission may sue any person
who knowingly (including willfully) violated any such rule or order
in any district court of the United States in the district in which
the defendant resides or is found or has an agent, shall recover
damages sustained and may, if the court determines it to be in the
interest of justice, recover the costs of suit, including
reasonable attorneys' fees (determined in accordance with section
2060(f) of this title) and reasonable expert witnesses' fees:
Provided, That the matter in controversy exceeds the sum or value
of $10,000, exclusive of interest and cost, unless such action is
brought against the United States, any agency thereof, or any
officer or employee thereof in his official capacity.
(b) Denial and imposition of costs
Except when express provision is made in a statute of the United
States, in any case in which the plaintiff is finally adjudged to
be entitled to recover less than the sum or value of $10,000,
computed without regard to any setoff or counterclaim to which the
defendant may be adjudged to be entitled, and exclusive of
interests and costs, the district court may deny costs to the
plaintiff and, in addition, may impose costs on the plaintiff.
(c) Remedies available
The remedies provided for in this section shall be in addition to
and not in lieu of any other remedies provided by common law or
under Federal or State law.