Section 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for negligence, as heretofore established by statute or by common law, shall not be held or construed to be altered or repealed by any of the provisions of this part.(b) Rights of Commonwealth unaffected.--The recovery in this section authorized shall in no manner affect a recovery by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. 1978, July 1, P.L. 598, No. 116, § 1, effective in 60 days.