Posts tagged #strict liability
All PostsOGH on Chairlift Operators’ Liability
Civil LawIn transportation contracts, the obligation not to harm the physical well-being of passengers is considered a secondary contractual obligation. The first and second plaintiffs were riding the defendant’s chairlift in January 2018, when the weather su...
OGH on the unalterable determination of damage
Civil LawThe short statute of limitations of Section 1489 of the Austrian General Civil Code (Allgemeines Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch, ABGB) does not start to run before the actual occurrence of the damage. If there is uncertainty as to whether damage has occurre...