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by lazide 958 days ago
Yup, though for some things that there is a strong public policy reason to discourage, statutory damages can make a good disincentive.

Easy to argue the good/bad of it, but the California statutory damages lawsuit wave related to ADA accommodations definitely got a lot of business owners to pay attention. [https://www.thakurlawfirm.com/single-post/2020/06/15/ada-law...]