Posts tagged #compensation
All PostsE-Scooter Accident: No Damages Awarded
Civil LawThe Austrian Supreme Court (Oberster Gerichtshof, hereinafter OGH) has issued a recent decision regarding a claim for damages arising from an e-scooter accident. Fall after safely passing the parked vehicle In the case at hand, the claimant had proce...
Liability of the Republic of Austria for Breakage of Contraceptive IUD
Civil LawThe Austrian Supreme Court (Oberster Gerichtshof, hereinafter OGH) recently examined the question of whether the federal government is liable under the principle of state liability in the event of an unwanted pregnancy resulting from a contraceptive ...
ECJ: Flight Delays Attributed to Passenger Boarding Procedures
European LawThe European Court of Justice (ECJ) examined whether an airline may invoke extraordinary circumstances pertaining to a previous flight as the cause of a delay, notwithstanding its independent decision to wait for passengers from that earlier flight. ...