New Jersey Statutes 4:8-30. Civil action for violation
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 4:8-30
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
Any commercial grower may bring a civil action in law or equity on the grower’s own behalf against a seller for a violation of any provision of this act. The Superior Court has jurisdiction of this action. The court, upon finding a violation of this act, may award costs of litigation, including reasonable attorney and expert witness fees.
The court, upon finding a violation of this act, shall award damages to the commercial grower for each tree found of untrue variety at the rate of four times the original cost of the tree. Where the number of untrue trees exceeds 25% of the lot, the court shall award damages at the rate of four times the cost of the entire lot.
L. 1985, c. 418, s. 3, eff. Jan. 13, 1986.