Assumptions of liability for damages

Liability for damage exists if the following special conditions have been met:

  • injured person and tort-feasor (subjects)
  • harmful action
  • damage
  • unlawfulness of the tort-feasor’s action
  • established causal link between undertaken harmful action and harmful consequence
  • fault of tort-feasor.

Assumptions of liability for damages vary depending on whether liability for damages based on the criterion of guilt or causing damage.

Liability for damages based on causing damage criterion on the basis of the strict liability for dangerous object of property or dangerous activity, it is enough the existence of two conditions: the damage and the causal link established between undertaken harmful action and harmful consequence. Continue reading Assumptions of liability for damages