Victim aid: no moral damages after large accident insurance payments

ATA/356/1998Corte di giustizia / Camera amministrativa9 giu 1998Dismissed

Estratto da Omnilex

Sintesi Omnilex

The victim challenged the refusal of moral-damages compensation under the Victim Assistance Act. The court held that the indemnifying authority was entitled to deny any such award because the victim had already received very substantial amounts, about CHF 120,000, from accident insurance. The appeal was dismissed and the refusal left in place.

Massima Omnilex

Art. 14 LAVI; indemnity for moral harm may be refused where the victim has already obtained substantial payments from accident insurance. The authority retains discretion to deny a further victim-assistance award when, in light of prior insurance benefits, granting additional compensation would not be justified. Large accident-insurance payments may thus exclude a separate tort-moral indemnity under the victim-assistance regime (consid. unspecified).

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Descripteurs

AIDE AUX VICTIMES; INDEMNITE(EN GENERAL); TORT MORAL; INDM

Normes

LAVI.14

Résumé

L'instance d'indemnisation est en droit de refuser à la victime toute indemnité pour tort moral en raison des montants importants que celle-ci a reçu de l'assureur-accident (CHF 120'222,65). La victime qui a reçu des montants importants (CHF 120'000.-) de son assureur-accident n'a pas droit à une indemnité pour tort moral.

Parole chiave

victim assistancemoral damagesaccident insuranceindemnitycompensation refusal

Estratto da Omnilex

Questioni giuridiche chiave estratte da Omnilex

Questione giuridica chiave

Whether the victim was entitled to moral-damages compensation under victim assistance despite substantial accident-insurance payments.

Decisione estratta

The authority could refuse any moral-damages indemnity because the victim had already received substantial sums from accident insurance.

Motivazione estratta

The court accepted that the large accident-insurance benefits, around CHF 120,000, justified denying a separate moral-damages award under victim-assistance rules.

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