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Liability for damage of enterprises and other legal persons to third party

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Liability for damage of enterprises and other legal persons to third party shall be regulated by the provisions of articles from 170 to 172 of The Law of Contract and Torts.

Liability for damage of enterprises caused by an employee while working or in relation to work, to a third person and liability of a legal person for injury caused by its body shall be regulated by the provisions of The Law of Contract and Torts.

Liability for damage caused by an employee while working or in relation to work to the enterprise where it works as well as liability for damage suffered by employee while working or in relation to work is governed by regulations in the field of labor law. Continue reading Liability for damage of enterprises and other legal persons to third party →

Indemnity for damage for mental anguish suffered due to disfigurement

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A disfigurement represent permanent change of the external appearance of a person that shall be manifested in the loss of a limb, indignity of aesthetic appearance, indignity of a body part or the impairment of a bodily function.

Disfigurement as a ground for the payment of non-material damage

Ground for indemnity of non-material damage is the mental pain because of disfigurement, and not only the existence of disfigurement without mental pain.

Whether there is any non-material damage in the form of mental pain due to disfigurement (Article 200 paragraph 1 of the Law of Contracts and Torts) shall be estimated according to objective and subjective criteria. Continue reading Indemnity for damage for mental anguish suffered due to disfigurement →

Indemnity for damage for mental anguish suffered due to reduction of life activities

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Reduction of life activities, as a special ground for compensation for mental anguish, include all restrictions on life activities of the person sustaining loss which he realized or would realize in the future certainly by a regular course of things.

Under the restriction means and performing activities with increased efforts or under special conditions.

This type of damage is usually permanent, but money indemnity may be awarded when the reduction of life activities is temporarily, if it is with higher intensity and longer duration or if it is justified by special circumstances Continue reading Indemnity for damage for mental anguish suffered due to reduction of life activities →