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§ 3309. Liability for damages occasioned by unlawful acts.
(a) General rule.--If any person or corporation shall do or cause to be done any act, matter, or thing
prohibited or declared to be unlawful by this part, or shall refuse, neglect, or omit
to do any act, matter, or thing enjoined or required to be done by this part, such
person or corporation shall be liable to the person or corporation injured thereby
in the full amount of damages sustained in consequence thereof. The liability of public
utilities, contract carriers by motor vehicles, and brokers for negligence, as heretofore
established by statute or by common law, shall not be held or construed to be altered
or repealed by any of the provisions of this part.
(b) Rights of Commonwealth unaffected.--The recovery in this section authorized shall in no manner affect a recovery by the
Commonwealth of the penalty prescribed in section 3301 (relating to civil penalties
for violations) for such violations of this part.
Notes of Decisions
Begley v. Philadelphia Elec. Co. (In Re Begley), 46 B.R. 707 (E.D. Pa. 1984).
“66 Pa.Cons.Stat.Ann. § 3309 (Purdon 1979), arguably creates an action for damages in the court of common pleas for breach of a utility’s obligation to negotiate.”
Blue Pilot Energy, LLC v. PA PUC (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2020).
“66 Pa. C.S. § 3309 (emphasis added). This section preserves a private right of action to pursue damages in the appropriate court of law, perhaps even premised upon a PUC administrative determination that a public utility or EGS acted contrary to PUC regulations.”
C. Johnson & L. Johnson v. PA PUC (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2025).
“Code § 103 (c) (providing that the PUC regulations do not “abridge or alter the existing rights of action or remedies in equity or under common or statutory law”); then quoting 7 Section 3309(a) of the Public Utility Code, 66 Pa.C.S. § 3309(a) (providing that “[t]he liability of…”
G.N. Green v. Septa (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2015).
“”); Section 3309(a) of the Public Utility Code, 66 Pa. C.S. §3309(a) (“The liability of public utilities, contract carriers by motor vehicles, and brokers for negligence, as heretofore established by statute or by common law, shall not be held or construed to be altered or…”
— 66 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 3309(a) — 2 cases
C. Johnson & L. Johnson v. PA PUC (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2025).
“Code § 103 (c) (providing that the PUC regulations do not “abridge or alter the existing rights of action or remedies in equity or under common or statutory law”); then quoting 7 Section 3309(a) of the Public Utility Code, 66 Pa.C.S. § 3309(a) (providing that “[t]he liability of…”
G.N. Green v. Septa (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2015).
“”); Section 3309(a) of the Public Utility Code, 66 Pa. C.S. §3309(a) (“The liability of public utilities, contract carriers by motor vehicles, and brokers for negligence, as heretofore established by statute or by common law, shall not be held or construed to be altered or…”
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