47 U.S.C. § 206 : US Code - Section 206: Carriers' liability for damages

Search 47 U.S.C. § 206 : US Code - Section 206: Carriers' liability for damages

In case any common carrier shall do, or cause or permit to be
done, any act, matter, or thing in this chapter prohibited or
declared to be unlawful, or shall omit to do any act, matter, or
thing in this chapter required to be done, such common carrier
shall be liable to the person or persons injured thereby for the
full amount of damages sustained in consequence of any such
violation of the provisions of this chapter, together with a
reasonable counsel or attorney's fee, to be fixed by the court in
every case of recovery, which attorney's fee shall be taxed and
collected as part of the costs in the case.