Sec. 12-326h. Civil actions.
Sec. 12-326h. Civil actions. (a) An action may be maintained in any court of competent jurisdiction to prevent, restrain or enjoin a violation, or imminent threat of a
violation of any of the provisions of sections 12-326a to 12-326h, inclusive. Such an
action may be instituted by any person injured by any violation or threatened violation
of said sections, or by the Attorney General upon the request of the Commissioner of
Revenue Services. If in such action a violation or threatened violation of said sections
shall be established, the court shall enjoin and restrain, or otherwise prohibit, such violation or threatened violation. In such action it shall not be necessary that actual damages
to the plaintiff be alleged or proved, but where alleged and proved, the plaintiff in said
action, in addition to such injunctive relief and costs of suit, including reasonable attorney's fees, shall be entitled to recover from the defendant the actual damages sustained
by such plaintiff.
(b) In the event that no injunctive relief is sought pursuant to subsection (a) of this
section, any person injured by a violation of sections 12-326a to 12-326h, inclusive, may
maintain an action for damages and costs of suit in any court of competent jurisdiction.
(c) For the purpose of this section, evidence of any advertisement offering to sell
or sale of cigarettes by any distributor or dealer at less than cost to him or evidence of
any offer of a rebate in price or the giving of a rebate in price or an offer of a concession
or the giving of a concession of any kind or nature whatsoever in connection with the sale
of cigarettes or the inducing or attempting to induce or the procuring or the attempting to
procure the purchase of cigarettes at a price less than cost to the distributor or dealer
shall be prima facie evidence of intent and likelihood to injure competition and to destroy
or substantially lessen competition.
(P.A. 90-293, S. 8.)