(a) Any person aggrieved by an act constituting a violation of section 53a-129a of the general statutes, revision of 1958, revised to January 1, 2003, or section 53a-129b, 53a-129c, 53a-129d or 53a-129e may bring a civil action in the Superior Court for damages against the person who committed the violation.
(b) In any civil action brought under this section in which the plaintiff prevails, the court shall award the greater of one thousand dollars or treble damages, together with costs and a reasonable attorney's fee. Damages shall include, but need not be limited to, documented lost wages and any financial loss suffered by the plaintiff as a result of identity theft, as defined in section 53a-129a, 53a-129b, or 53a-129c. The court may award other remedies provided by law, including, but not limited to, the costs of providing not less than two years of commercially available identity theft monitoring and protection for such individual.
(c) No action under this section shall be brought but within three years from the date when the violation is discovered or in the exercise of reasonable care should have been discovered.
(P.A. 00-46; P.A. 03-156, S. 11; P.A. 09-239, S. 7.)
History: P.A. 03-156 amended Subsec. (a) to replace “a violation of section 53a-129a” with “a violation of section 53a-129a of the general statutes, revision of 1958, revised to January 1, 2003, or section 53a-129b, 53a-129c or 53a-129d” and added new Subsec. (c) barring an action unless brought within two years from the date when the violation is discovered or in the exercise of reasonable care should have been discovered; P.A. 09-239 amended Subsec. (a) by adding reference to Sec. 53a-129e, amended Subsec. (b) by specifying that damages shall include documented lost wages and financial loss suffered by plaintiff as result of identity theft and by giving court discretion to award other remedies provided by law, and amended Subsec. (c) to require action to be brought within 3 years, rather than 2 years.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 925 - Statutory Rights of Action and Defenses
Section 52-555. - Actions for injuries resulting in death.
Section 52-556. - Actions for injuries caused by motor vehicles owned by the state.
Section 52-557. - Injury to children being transported to school.
Section 52-557a. - Standard of care owed social invitee.
Section 52-557c. - Standard of care applicable to owners and operators of school buses.
Section 52-557d. - Defense of charitable immunity abolished.
Section 52-557f. - Landowner liability for recreational use of land. Definitions.
Section 52-557g. - Liability of owner of land available to public for recreation; exceptions.
Section 52-557h. - Owner liable, when.
Section 52-557i. - Obligation of user of land.
Section 52-557o. - Liability of land surveyors.
Section 52-557s. - Liability of owner or keeper of horse, pony, donkey or mule.
Section 52-558. - Liability for placing obstructions in highway.
Section 52-559. - Damage for spreading fire.
Section 52-560. - Damages for cutting trees, timber or shrubbery. Exclusion.
Section 52-561. - Trespass to lands without color of right.
Section 52-561a. - Damage by domestic fowls.
Section 52-562. - Liability for fraud in contracting debt; concealing property.
Section 52-563. - Liability for waste by tenant for life or years.
Section 52-564. - Treble damages for theft.
Section 52-564a. - Liability for shoplifting.
Section 52-565. - Double damages for forgery.
Section 52-566. - Treble damages for wilful removal or destruction of bridge.
Section 52-567. - Treble damages for injury to milestone, guidepost or railing.
Section 52-568. - Damages for groundless or vexatious suit or defense.
Section 52-569. - Damages for leaving open bars, gate or fence.
Section 52-570. - Action for malicious erection of structure.
Section 52-570a. (Formerly Sec. 52-202). - Action against fiduciary.
Section 52-570b. - Action for computer-related offenses.
Section 52-570d. - Action for illegal recording of private telephonic communications.
Section 52-571a. - Action for deprivation of equal rights and privileges.
Section 52-571c. - Action for damages resulting from intimidation based on bigotry or bias.
Section 52-571e. - Action for damages resulting from actions of agent of surety on a bond.
Section 52-571f. - Strict liability of person who illegally transfers a firearm.
Section 52-571g. - Strict liability of person who fails to securely store a firearm.
Section 52-571h. - Action for damages resulting from identity theft.
Section 52-571i. - Action for damages resulting from trafficking in persons.
Section 52-572. - Parental liability for torts of minors.
Section 52-572a. - Release by injured person voidable if obtained within fifteen days.
Section 52-572b. - Alienation of affections and breach of promise actions abolished.
Section 52-572c. - Parent-child immunity abrogated in certain negligence actions.
Section 52-572e. - Release of joint tortfeasor.
Section 52-572f. - Criminal conversation action abolished.
Section 52-572i. - Application of the family car doctrine.
Section 52-572j. - Derivative actions by shareholders or members.
Section 52-572k. - Hold harmless clause against public policy in certain construction contracts.
Section 52-572m. - Product liability actions. Definitions.
Section 52-572n. - Product liability claims.
Section 52-572o. - Comparative responsibility. Award of damages. Action for contribution.
Section 52-572p. - Limitation of liability of product seller.
Section 52-572q. - Liability of product seller due to lack of adequate warnings or instructions.
Section 52-572r. - Product liability claims against third parties.