248.355 Class action suit -- Damages, computation and distribution. (1) The Attorney General shall be authorized to file a class action suit on behalf of all persons discriminated against in violation of KRS 248.350 and may recover monetary damages against any warehouse found to be in violation. (2) Damages shall be computed so as to equate the value of services or other considerations received by all growers of tobacco serviced by the warehouse found to be in violation. (3) Damages recovered pursuant to this section shall be distributed as follows: (a) Payment of court costs and all fees incidental to the litigation; (b) Payment of the expenses incurred by the Office of the Attorney General; (c) Payment of the balance to the aggrieved tobacco growers based on the poundage serviced at that warehouse found to be in violation. Effective: June 17, 1978 History: Created 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 270, sec. 6, effective June 17, 1978.
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