(a) Any person, firm, private corporation, or municipal or other public corporation, or trade association, may maintain an action to enjoin a continuance of any act or acts in violation of this subchapter and, if injured thereby, for the recovery of damages.
(b)
(1) If, in such action, the court shall find that the defendant is violating or has violated any of the provisions of this subchapter, it shall enjoin the defendant from a continuance thereof.
(2) It shall not be necessary that actual damages to the plaintiff be alleged or proved.
(3) In addition to injunctive relief, the plaintiff in the action shall be entitled to recover from the defendant three (3) times the amount of the actual damages, if any, sustained.
(c)
(1) Any defendant in an action brought under the provisions of this section or any witness desired by the state may be required to testify under § 16-43-211 and as otherwise provided by law.
(2) In addition, the books and records of any such defendant may be brought into court and introduced, by reference, into evidence.
(3) However, no information so obtained may be used against the defendant as a basis for a misdemeanor prosecution under the provisions of §§ 4-75-204 and 4-75-207 -- 4-75-210.
(d) The remedies prescribed in this subchapter are cumulative and in addition to the remedies prescribed in the Public Utilities Act, § 23-1-101 et seq., for discrimination by public utilities. If any conflict shall arise between this subchapter and the Public Utilities Act, § 23-1-101 et seq., the latter shall prevail.
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