act or practice described in § 47-18-104(b) and declared to be unlawful by this part, may bring an action individually to recover actual damages. ⅜ * * (3) If the court finds that the use or employment of the unfair or deceptive act or practice was a willful or knowing •violation of this part, the court may award three (3) times the actual damages sustained and may provide such other relief as it considers necessary and proper, except that the court may not award exemplary or punitive damages for the same unfair or deceptive practice. Tenn.Code Ann. § 47-18-109(a)(l), (3). The legislature did not define the term actual damages as it pertains to an award of trebled damages pursuant to Tennessee Code Annotated section 47-18-109. Discover Bank v. Morgan, 363 S.W.3d 479, 496-98 (Tenn.2012) (<HOLDING>). Here, the jury assessed damages at $343,430.
holding that when plaintiff has proven injury but has failed to prove the amount of damages the plaintiff is only entitled to nominal damages holding that a plaintiff can seek statutory damages even in the absence of actual damages holding tcpa is remedial statute and that statutory damages are not punitive damages holding that a plaintiff could recover actual damages under the tcpa for loss of credit if the plaintiff submitted sufficient proof of the amount damages requested holding that a plaintiff who proves a cause of action under  1981 may recover punitive damages where the plaintiff is entitled to an award of compensatory damages even if nominal