Civil action for inducing breach of contract with cooperative or spreading false reports about cooperative

In addition to the remedies provided in ORS 62.365 (2), any person who knowingly and maliciously induces or attempts to induce any member of a cooperative to breach a contract of the member with the cooperative authorized by ORS 62.355, or who knowingly and maliciously spreads any false report about the finances or management of a cooperative is liable, in a civil action, to the cooperative aggrieved, in the penal sum of $500 for each offense. [1957 c.716 §72]