Sec. 2919a. (1) A person damaged as a result of either or both of the following may recover 3 times the amount of actual damages sustained, plus costs and reasonable attorney fees: (a) Another person's stealing or embezzling property or converting property to the other person's own use. (b) Another person's buying, receiving, possessing, concealing, or aiding in the concealment of stolen, embezzled, or converted property when the person buying, receiving, possessing, concealing, or aiding in the concealment of stolen, embezzled, or converted property knew that the property was stolen, embezzled, or converted. (2) The remedy provided by this section is in addition to any other right or remedy the person may have at law or otherwise.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.2919a
Recovery of damages, costs, and attorney's fees by person damaged; remedy cumulative
Applied in 63 court decisions — leading case Transcontinental Leasing, Inc. v. Michigan National Bank (1984)
Most recently applied in 372 F. Supp. 3d 709 - Aspen Am. Ins. Co. v. Interstate Warehousing, Inc. (March 2019)
Add. 1976, Act 200, Eff
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