§ 239-c. Civil liability. Any person, firm, partnership, corporation,
association or officer, director, employee, or agent thereof sustaining
damages by reason of a knowingly misleading, deceptive or fraudulent
appraisal may bring a civil action for actual damages together with
costs, reasonable attorneys' fees and disbursements or an action to
restrain an appraiser from violating the provisions of this article if
it is found that such appraiser has willfully violated such provisions.