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Originally Posted by eccieuser9500
First, thanks for the due respect.
Is it prudent to ask that this law has never been tested?
I await your denunciation.
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You can google some key words with Texas (I do not know whether other states have a similar/same civil statute) like "human trafficking" and you won't get many "hits" and none with any case law interpreting or even addressing the specific law used to support the claim. That doesn't mean there hasn't been a lawsuit filed in the 8 years the statute has been in existence. If a case was settled, dropped, or not appealed by either side there will not be an readily available "case law" in various data banks (like research sites).
Without specific instances of case law interpretations of a statute one much rely on "extrapolation" from other similar lawsuits (enforcement of a civil remedy based on a crime) and interpretations of the existing relevant criminal statutes that are referenced in the civil statute and/or cover the same subject matter. Having some personal experience in pursuing civil claims based on criminal activity is also helpful when assessing the viability of the civil litigation and the potential success of prevailing.
An anecdotal example is the O.J. Simpson matter. "Not guilty" in the criminal case, but liable for damages in the following civil action.
I didn't drag out my dictionary, but based upon my recollection there will be no "denunciation" from this quarter!