Damages and Civil Liability

Use this hub to establish when careless, abusive or unjust conduct creates civil liability and what a claimant can actually recover. Liability under the Civil Code stands on its own and does not depend on a criminal conviction.

Key topics: negligence and quasi-delict · liability of parents, employers, owners and possessors · abuse of rights under Articles 19 to 21 · quasi-contracts, including solutio indebiti and negotiorum gestio · actual and compensatory damages · moral, exemplary, nominal and temperate damages · attorney’s fees · the proof required for each kind of award.

Statutory basis: Civil Code, Preliminary Title (Arts. 19 to 36) and Book IV (Arts. 2142 to 2235).

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