policy of protecting consumers from suppliers who commit deceptive and unconscionable practices). Third, the KCPA creates its own private right of action nonexistent at common law. K.S.A. § 50-634; Alexander, 268 Kan. at 821, 1 P.3d 899. Fourth, the KCPA provides remedies to consumers that are not available under the KPLA. In particular, the KCPA provides consumers with the option of recovering actual damages or a civil penalty of up to $5,000 as an alternative for actual damages where the penalty would be a greater amount. K.S.A. § 50-634(b). The KCPA also authorizes the court to award reasonable attorney fees to a prevailing consumer. K.S.A. § 50-634(e). Fifth, KPLA claims and KCPA claims are governed by different statutes of limitation. See Alexander, 268 Kan. at 824-25, 1 P.3d 899 (<HOLDING>); Fennesy, 18 Kan.App.2d at 66, 847 P.2d 1350 (
holding that threeyear statute of limitations was not an unconstitutional suspension of the writ of habeas corpus holding that in connecticut the general threeyear personal injury statute of limitations period set forth in connecticut general statutes  52577 is the appropriate limitations period for civil rights actions asserted under 42 usc  1983 holding that the threeyear statute of limitations applicable to  1983 actions in arkansas governed idea claims holding that in connecticut the general threeyear personal injury statute of limitations set forth in connecticut general statutes  52577 is the appropriate limitations period for civil rights actions asserted under 42 usc  1983 holding that actions under the kcpa seeking damages and civil penalties are subject to the threeyear statute of limitations found in ksa  605122