Tennessee § 56-53-108 - Exclusivity of remedies.
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§ 56-53-108. Exclusivity of remedies.
The remedies expressly provided in § 56-53-107 shall be the only private remedies for violations of this chapter and no additional remedies shall be implied. The remedies available under § 56-53-107 shall not be used in conjunction with or in addition to any other remedies available at law or in equity to duplicate recovery for the same element of economic damage. Further, in any civil action pleading both exemplary damages and the treble damages available in § 56-53-107(c) , the plaintiff shall elect one (1) or the other remedy, but not both, at the conclusion of the evidentiary phase of the trial; provided, that nothing in this chapter shall limit or abrogate any right of action that would have existed in the absence of this chapter, but no action based on such a right shall rely on this chapter to establish a standard of conduct or for any other purpose. Acts 2001, ch. 356, § 9.
Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 56-53-108 ("Exclusivity of remedies.") is part of the Tennessee Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Tennessee. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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