(1) (a) Any person may maintain an action to enjoin the continuing of any act in violation of KRS 367.620 to 367.628 and, if injured by the act, may also maintain an action for the recovery of damages. (b) If the court finds based on evidence presented by the plaintiff that the defendant is violating or has violated any of the provisions of KRS 367.620 to 367.628, the court shall enjoin the defendant from continuing the violations. (c) It shall not be necessary that actual economic damages be alleged or proved by the plaintiff in order for the court to enjoin violations. (d) In addition to injunctive relief and any other relief the plaintiff may be entitled to under this section: 1. The plaintiff in the action shall be entitled to recover from the defendant two (2) times the amount of any actual economic damages sustained; and 2. The court may award the plaintiff reasonable attorneys' fees and costs. (2) In addition to the remedies provided under subsection (1) of this section: (a) All of the remedies, powers, and duties provided to the Attorney General under KRS 367.110 to 367.300, and the penalties provided in KRS 367.990, shall apply with equal force and effect to any act declared unlawful by KRS 367.620 to 367.628; and (b) The At torney General may recover a civil penalty of five thousand dollars ($5,000) per violation against any person who violates any provision of KRS 367.620 to 367.628. (3) Nothing in this section shall prohibit the Attorney General or any other person from pursuing the recovery of damages afforded elsewhere under the law.
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