Court dismisses appeal when plaintiff failed to exercise due care by choosing a car that broke down three times before the trial.
Slovenia (SI)
Legislator summary
AI generatedThe Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal, upholding the first-instance court's decision that the plaintiff failed to exercise due care. The plaintiff selected a vehicle that had broken down three times within the six months preceding the trial, rendering it unreliable for transport. The court ruled that a reasonable person should have foreseen the risk of failure and chosen a more dependable means of travel.
Legislator headnote
AI generatedZakon o sodnem postopku; Zakon o kazenskih postopkih: When a party selects a means of transport that has demonstrably failed multiple times prior to the proceeding, they fail to exercise due care, and the court may draw adverse inferences regarding their conduct.
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Pritožbi se zavrneta in se potrdita sklepa sodišča prve stopnje.
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Pravilen je zaključek sodišča prve stopnje, da tožeča stranka ni ravnala z zadostno skrbnostjo s tem, ko si je za prihod na narok izbrala avto, ki se je v obdobju zadnjega pol leta pred narokom pokvaril kar trikrat.
Šlo je za nezanesljivo prevozno sredstvo, zaradi česar bi mogla in morala predvideti, da se z njim ne bo mogla uspešno pripeljati na narok.