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Portuguese court holds causation is a fact for lower courts, while public sexual relations warrant moral damages.

Case Number 068360
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Jurisdiction Portugal (PT)
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Outcome Partially Allowed
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The Supreme Court of Justice ruled that establishing the causal link between an act and its result belongs exclusively to the trial instances as a matter of fact. The court found that the defendant's wife publicly discovering his sexual relations with the plaintiff caused moral damages compensable under specific civil code articles. Consequently, the court affirmed the lower court's finding of causation and ordered compensation for the moral harm suffered by the plaintiff.

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NEXO DE CAUSALIDADE MATÉRIA DE FACTO DANOS MORAIS CÁLCULO DA INDEMNIZAÇÃO

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causal link determination moral damages compensation public sexual relations trial instance competence civil code provisions

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Art. 494 of the Civil Code
Art. 496 of the Civil Code

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[Nº CONVENCIONAL] JSTJ00022257

[Nº DO DOCUMENTO] SJ198001220222571

[PRIVACIDADE] 1

[REFERENCIA DE PUBLICACAO] LIVRO DE ACÓRDÃOS 237, PAG.194 Vº

[TEXTO INTEGRAL] N

[URL] https://www.dgsi.pt/jstj.nsf/954f0ce6ad9dd8b980256b5f003fa814/40DF8154B6716780802568FC003AD082?OpenDocument

SUMÁRIO

I - A determinação do nexo causal entre o facto e o resultado constitue matéria de facto da exclusiva competência das Instâncias.

II - A circunstância de a mulher do réu ter encontrado este em flagrante de relações sexuais com a autora, tornando tal facto publicamente conhecido, produziu danos morais para esta a serem compensados nos termos dos artigos 494 e

496 do C.C.