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Portuguese court assigns equal 50% fault to both drivers in a night-time ice accident due to speed and lack of visibility.

Case Number 0150594
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Jurisdiction Portugal (PT)
Decision Date
Outcome Partially Allowed
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The Tribunal da Relação do Porto partially revoked a lower court decision regarding a vehicle collision on an icy road at night. The appellant argued for a different fault allocation, while the lower court had initially assigned blame differently. The appellate court established that both drivers were equally at fault, attributing 50% responsibility to each based on the speed of the moving vehicle and the stationary vehicle's failure to signal its presence.

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ACIDENTE DE VIAÇÃO CONCORRÊNCIA DE CULPAS

Keywords

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concurrent negligence traffic accident liability equal fault allocation icy road conditions lack of warning signals speeding at night civil compensation

Cited Legislation

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CCIV66 Art. 483 n.1
CCIV66 Art. 487
CCIV66 Art. 506 n.2
CE94 Art. 3 n.3
CE94 Art. 24 n.1
CE94 Art. 63 n.3 A

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[DATA DEC. RECORRIDA] 10/19/2000

[Nº CONVENCIONAL] JTRP00032199

[Nº DO DOCUMENTO] RP200106250150594

[PRIVACIDADE] 1

[PROCESSO NO TRIBUNAL RECORRIDO] 176/97

[TEXTO INTEGRAL] N

[TRIBUNAL RECORRIDO] T J MARCO CANAVESES

[URL] https://www.dgsi.pt/jtrp.nsf/56a6e7121657f91e80257cda00381fdf/19733EB78FE4C7DF80256AEE004837CE?OpenDocument

SUMÁRIO

O acidente ocorrido entre um veículo que circulava de noite a uma velocidade inadequada, numa estrada com gelo, e um outro que, em virtude de despiste, estava atravessado na via, parado, sensivelmente a meio de uma curva, sem qualquer sinal luminoso que assinalasse a sua presença nem sinal de pré-sinalização, é de atribuir a culpa de ambos os condutores, culpa que, lançando mão do critério do artigo 506 n.2 do Código Civil, deve ser fixada em 50% para cada um deles.