If the court finds that the small business' claim for fees and other expenses under this chapter was made in bad faith or was frivolous or was made for the sole basis of harassment, the court may impose a fine on the small business of not more than two thousand dollars ($2,000) which will go to the state agency or local government involved in the action.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-37-106
Bad faith or frivolous claims
Known as the Equal Access to Justice Act
The act spans §§ 29-37-101 to 29-37-106 (6 sections).
Acts 1984, ch. 495, § 6; 1989, ch. 365, § 13.
Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.