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Civil liability for road accident dismissed where authorities lacked prior knowledge of the hazard causing the accident.

Case Number 026155
Court / Authority
Jurisdiction Portugal (PT)
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Outcome Dismissed
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The Supreme Administrative Court dismissed the civil liability claim against the Joint Autonomous Roads regarding a fatal road accident. The plaintiff argued the defendant failed to signal an earth embankment that caused the crash, but the court found the defendant only learned of the embankment the day after the accident occurred. Consequently, the court ruled that the defendant could not be held liable for dolus or negligence regarding the lack of signage for a hazard they were unaware of at the time.

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RESPONSABILIDADE CIVIL EXTRACONTRATUAL ACIDENTE DE VIAÇÃO JUNTA AUTONOMA DAS ESTRADAS SINALIZAÇÃO DA VIA PUBLICA CULPA

Keywords

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civil liability road accident lack of signage prior knowledge negligence administrative fault dolo ou negligencia

Cited Legislation

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DL 48051 de 1967/11/21 Art. 2
DL 48051 de 1967/11/21 Art. 4
DL 48051 de 1967/11/21 Art. 6
DL 184/78 de 1978/07/18 Art. 30

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[AREA TEMATICA 1] DIR ADM CONT - RESPONSABILIDADE EXTRA. [LEGISLACAO NACIONAL] DL 48051 DE 1967/11/21 ART2 ART4 ART6. DL 184/78 DE 1978/07/18 ART30. [1ª PAG. DE PUBLICACAO DO ACORDAO] 2485 [ANO DA PUBLICACAO] 89 [APENDICE] DR [DATA DE ENTRADA] 06/28/1988 [DATA DO APENDICE] 11/15/1994 [Nº CONVENCIONAL] JSTA00028535 [Nº DO DOCUMENTO] SA119890411026155 [OBJECTO] SENT TAC LISBOA. [PRIVACIDADE] 01 [RECORRENTE] FERREIRA , MARIA [RECORRIDO 1] JUNTA AUTONOMA DAS ESTRADAS [URL] https://www.dgsi.pt/jsta.nsf/35fbbbf22e1bb1e680256f8e003ea931/EBADE5364DB24009802568FC0037A8CF?OpenDocument

SUMÁRIO

Tendo-se provado que a Junta Autonoma das Estradas so teve conhecimento do aluimento de terras causador do acidente de viação que vitimou o marido da Autora no dia seguinte aquele em que este ocorreu, não se lhe pode imputar a titulo de dolo ou negligencia a falta de sinalização do obstaculo constituido pelo mesmo aluimento de terras.