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Constitutional Court grants relief to insurance company against public hospital and prosecutor in liability dispute.

Case Number 115/96
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Jurisdiction Portugal (PT)
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The Constitutional Court granted relief to the insurance company, dismissing the appeals filed by the Public Prosecutor and the District Hospital. The court found that the insurance entity was the proper respondent in the liability claim arising from an incident at the hospital. Consequently, the judgment reversed the lower court's decision to proceed against the public hospital and the prosecutor.

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Constitutional Law; Administrative Liability: When a public hospital is sued for damages caused by its employees, the liability may be covered by an insurance policy, and the court must determine the correct procedural respondent based on the nature of the claim and applicable insurance regulations.

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Constitutional Court Administrative Liability Insurance Coverage Procedural Respondent Public Hospital State Compensation Civil Procedure
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Acórdão 730/96

ACÓRDÃO Nº 730/96

Ao

ACÓRDÃO Nº 734/96

Processo nº 115/96

1ª Secção

Relator: Conselheira Assunção Esteves

Acordam no Tribunal Constitucional:

Neste processo, vindo do Tribunal Judicial de Tomar, sendo recorrentes o Ministério Público e o hospital Distrital de Tomar e recorrida a Companhia de Seguros Metrópole, decide-se, pelos fundamentos da exposição de fls. 17, conceder provimento aos recursos.

Lisboa, 22 de Maio de 1996

Maria Assunção Esteves

Vítor Nunes de Almeida

Alberto Tavares da Costa

Antero Monteiro Diniz

Armindo Ribeiro Mendes

Luís Nunes de Almeida

Acórdãos iguais a este e do mesmo Relator: Ac. 731/96 – Proc. 127/96; Ac.732/96 – Proc.187/96; Ac. 733/96 – Proc. 257/96; Ac. 734/96 – Proc. 294/96