Posts tagged #health insurance
All Posts“SOS Repatriation Service” Includes Medical Liability
Civil LawIn the following decision, the Supreme Court (OGH) had to address the question of what obligations an insurer assumes under an agreed-upon “SOS repatriation service.” While staying in Warsaw, the plaintiff suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and was initi...
German BGH Clarifies ‘Personal Data’ under Article 15 of the GDPR
Civil LawThe German Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof, hereinafter BGH) considered whether premium history details—such as adjustments, tariff changes, and terminations—in private health insurance count as personal data. The case at hand involved a ...
OGH Rules on Health Insurance Terms
Civil LawThe validity test pursuant to Section 864a of the Austrian Civil Code (Allgemeines Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch, hereinafter ABGB) states that objectively unusual and surprising clauses in GTCs do not become part of a contract. What matters is whether the...