Tennessee Code 47-25-810 – Civil remedies
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 47-25-810
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- 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.
- Person: means any individual, partnership, firm, corporation, association, or other business organization or entity, including charitable or nonprofit organizations and their officers and employees. See Tennessee Code 47-25-802
- Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
- Representative: when applied to those who represent a decedent, includes executors and administrators, unless the context implies heirs and distributees. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
Any person who suffers an ascertainable loss of money or property as a result of a violation of this part may bring an action individually or in a representative capacity to recover actual damages, costs, and reasonable attorney fees. The action may be brought in a court of competent jurisdiction in the county where the alleged practice took place, or is taking place, or in the county where the defendant resides, has principal place of business, conducts, transacts, or has transacted business, or if the person cannot be found in any of the foregoing locations, in the county in which such person can be found.