When complaint has been made to the commission concerning the reasonableness of any rate, toll, rental or charge for any service performed by any public service company, and the same has been investigated by the commission, and the commission has determined that the public service company has charged an excessive or exorbitant amount for such service, and the commission has determined that any party complainant is entitled to an award of damages, the commission shall order that the public service company pay to the complainant the excess amount found to have been charged, whether such excess amount was charged and collected before or after the filing of said complaint, with interest from the date of the collection of said excess amount.
RCW 80.04.220
Reparations.
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case DJ Hopkins, Inc. v. GTE Northwest, Inc. (1997)
Most recently applied in DJ Hopkins, Inc. v. GTE Northwest, Inc. (December 1997)
1961 c 14 s 80.04.220
Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.