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Legal situation in Austria

The fundamental rules of the compensation right after Austrian right are in "§"§ 1293 to 1341 ABGB. The same principles apply as in Germany, i.e. that a condition is causal, illegal and culpable acting of the In the same way a contributory negligence of the damage is to be considered. There is an absolute liability also independent of being to blame for here for certain dangerous plants and mechanisms.

In detail becomes between positive damage and escaped profit and concerning the illegality between compensation ex delicto (deliktischer compensation) and compensation ex contractu (contractual compensation) differentiated between. This is in the Austrian right in particular for the burden of proof, the assistant adhesion and the adhesion for pure financial damages of importance.

See also

  • Remuneration, physician adhesion, lawyer adhesion, responsible person adhesion, current value computation, smart money

Related links

  • Civil law book (BGB) with important Einzelbestimmungen
  • German Deliktsrecht (via juratexte.de) - Begleitskript for lecture "introduction to the Deliktsrecht of the Federal Republic of Germany "(pdf format).
  • Liability Act - HaftPflichG:
  • Product liability law - ProdHG:
  • Traffic law - StVG:
  • Traffic civil law (via juratexte.de) - overview: Which damage positions can the damage require for an accident replaced and which influence has its behavior on (Pdf format, German right).

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