2011 Vermont Code
Title 09 Commerce and Trade
Chapter 139 DISCRIMINATION; PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS; RENTAL AND
§ 4506 Enforcement; civil action
§ 4506. Enforcement; civil action
(a) A person aggrieved by a violation of this chapter may file a charge of discrimination with the human rights commission pursuant to chapter 141 of this title or may bring an action for injunctive relief and compensatory and punitive damages and any other appropriate relief in the superior court of the county in which the violation is alleged to have occurred.
(b) The court may award costs and reasonable attorney's fees to an aggrieved person who prevails in an action brought under subsection (a) of this section.
(c) The human rights commission may bring an action in the name of the commission to enforce the provisions of this chapter in accordance with its powers established in chapter 141 of this title.
(d) The initiation or completion of an investigation by the human rights commission shall not be a condition precedent to the filing of any lawsuit for violation of this chapter. (Added 1987, No. 74, { 1; amended 1987, No. 253 (Adj. Sess.), { 4; 1989, No. 89, { 4.)
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