The law provides that "any intentional or negligent act that causes unjust damage to others shall oblige the person who committed the act to compensate for the damage."
In the case of damages suffered as a result of an act attributable to others, the assistance of a lawyer is essential in order to identify all the items of damages that can be compensated and to identify the person to whom the law places responsibility for that act.
Here are some examples of non-contractual liability:
Traffic accidents
One of the most widespread hypotheses of extracontractual liability concerns the road accident hypothesis, which is extremely well known in Italy. The Civil Code places liability for damages arising from the circulation of vehicles on the driver and the owner of the vehicle, but a study of the relevant case law is necessary to know all the exceptions to this generic provision.
Lawyers will assist you in your claim for damages, including talking to the insurance companies involved.
Medical liability
Damage caused by a medical error is a very unfortunate fact, not least because one can find oneself in a dispute in which a very important figure-especially with the current times-for the social fabric of our country is involved, namely the professional to whom we all turn for the protection of our health.
This is precisely why the law imposes an insurance obligation on all physicians, so as to ensure, as much as possible, on the one hand that the injured patient is compensated, and on the other hand that the physician is not directly compromised from an economic point of view.
Other forms of liability
Noncontractual liability cases, however, are varied, and in each of them a lawyer up-to-date with the latest case law is needed in order to obtain full satisfaction of one's claims. Among the best-known cases are: liability arising out of physical assault; liability for defamation; product liability; liability for environmental damage; liability arising out of the practice of journalism; liability for injury to credit, liability for road snares, animal damage, and more.