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Court confirms that loss of earning capacity is a patrimonial damage, allowing judges to reclassify it.

Case Number 9330416
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Jurisdiction Portugal (PT)
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The Tribunal da Relação do Porto confirmed the lower court's sentence regarding a traffic accident claim. The plaintiff argued for moral damages, but the court ruled that the loss of earning capacity constitutes a patrimonial loss of lost profits. Consequently, the judge was not bound by the initial classification and could requalify the damage as patrimonial.

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ACIDENTE DE VIAÇÃO DANOS PATRIMONIAIS DANOS MORAIS QUALIFICAÇÃO

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patrimonial damage lost profits earning capacity traffic accident requalification of damage incapacity to work civil liability

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CCIV66 Art. 562
CPC67 Art. 664

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[Nº CONVENCIONAL] JTRP00007708

[Nº DO DOCUMENTO] RP199403039330416

[PRIVACIDADE] 1

[TEXTO INTEGRAL] N

[URL] https://www.dgsi.pt/jtrp.nsf/56a6e7121657f91e80257cda00381fdf/D69ADBCAEAD25DF98025686B0066930F?OpenDocument

SUMÁRIO

I - A incapacidade para o trabalho, com a consequente perda de capacidade aquisitiva, é um dano de natureza patrimonial, na modalidade de lucro cessante ou frustrado.

II - O juiz não está vinculado pela qualificação que o

A. efectuou na petição inicial, relativamente a esse dano.