(a) A buyer, lessee, or renter of a water treatment device may bring an action against any person who violates this article for the recovery of actual damages, exemplary damages, reasonable attorney’s fees and costs, and appropriate equitable relief.

(b) The rights and remedies provided in this article are in addition to, and not a limitation of, any other rights and remedies provided by law.

Terms Used In California Business and Professions Code 17577.6

  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • person: includes any individual, partnership, firm, association, or corporation. See California Business and Professions Code 17506

(c) Any action brought pursuant to this section shall be commenced within three years of the discovery by the party of the alleged violation.

(d) Any waiver of this article shall be void and unenforceable as contrary to public policy.

(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1053, Sec. 10.)

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