2017 Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XXVIII CONTRACTS AND CONTRACTUAL RELATIONS
Chapter 436 Special Purpose Contracts
Section 436.161 Proprietor may bring action for violations to recover damages — recovery to include costs.
Effective 28 Aug 1995
Title XXVIII CONTRACTS AND CONTRACTUAL RELATIONS
Chapter 436436.161. Proprietor may bring action for violations to recover damages — recovery to include costs. — 1. A proprietor may bring an action or assert a counterclaim in a court of competent jurisdiction, against a performing rights society, or both, to enjoin any violation of sections 436.150 to 436.163 and to recover any damages sustained by the proprietor as a result of a violation of sections 436.150 to 436.163. The proprietor may seek an injunction or any other relief available at law or in equity. If successful, the proprietor shall be entitled to recover actual damages sustained by him, together with reasonable attorney's fees, filing fees and reasonable costs of suit, in addition to any other legal or equitable relief.
2. The rights, remedies and prohibitions accorded by the provisions of sections 436.150 to 436.163 shall be in addition to and cumulative of any other right, remedy or prohibition accorded by common law, federal law or the statutes of this state, and nothing contained in sections 436.150 to 436.163 shall be construed to deny, abrogate or impair any such common law or statutory right, remedy or prohibition.
(L. 1995 S.B. 355 § 1 subsecs. 7, 8)
