DAMAGES
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case Continental Coffee Products Co. v. Cazarez (1997)
Most recently applied in City of Oak Ridge North v. Mendes (March 2011)
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
A person who establishes a cause of action under this chapter is entitled to:
(1) an injunction prohibiting a further interception, attempted interception, or divulgence or use of information obtained by an interception;
(2) statutory damages of $10,000 for each occurrence;
(3) all actual damages in excess of $10,000;
(4) punitive damages in an amount determined by the court or jury; and
(5) reasonable attorney's fees and costs.
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.