A consumer reporting agency or user of information that willfully and knowingly fails to comply with a requirement imposed under this chapter with respect to a consumer is liable to that consumer for and the court may award an amount equal to the sum of: [PL 2013, c. 228, §1 (NEW).] 1. Actual damages. Actual damages sustained by the consumer as a result of the failure; [PL 2013, c. 228, §1 (NEW).] 2. Treble damages. An amount equal to 3 times the actual damages according to subsection 1; and [PL 2013, c. 228, §1 (NEW).] 3. Costs and attorney's fees. In the case of a successful action to enforce a liability under this section, the costs of the action together with reasonable attorney's fees as determined by the court. [PL 2013, c. 228, §1 (NEW).]
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