Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 52.152
This is the official text of Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 52.152, part of Texas’s Business & Commerce Code — governs commercial transactions and general business practices.
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§ 52.152. PRIVATE CAUSE OF ACTION.
Official statutory text
(a) This section applies only to a customer who is injured by an invention developer's:
(1) violation of this chapter;
(2) false or fraudulent statement, representation, or omission of material fact; or
(3) failure to make all disclosures required by this chapter.
(b) A customer to whom this section applies may recover in a civil action against the invention developer:
(1) the greater of:
(A) the amount of any actual damages sustained by the customer; or
(B) $1,000;
(2) court costs; and
(3) attorney's fees.
(1) violation of this chapter;
(2) false or fraudulent statement, representation, or omission of material fact; or
(3) failure to make all disclosures required by this chapter.
(b) A customer to whom this section applies may recover in a civil action against the invention developer:
(1) the greater of:
(A) the amount of any actual damages sustained by the customer; or
(B) $1,000;
(2) court costs; and
(3) attorney's fees.
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