Torts in Israeli Law. Medical Malpractice and Nonpecuniary Harm

• Autorzy: Natali Levin

Warianty tytułu

Delikty w prawie izraelskim. Zadośćuczynienie za szkodę niemajątkową w wyniku medycznych zaniedbań

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

This article discusses a complicated and cumbersome aspect - nonpecuniary harm of the type known to all of us as pain and suffering. As of today, there are no well-defined legal standards on the evaluation of nonpecuniary harm in general and of the type of pain and suffering in particular. Consequently, we find rulings of damages that are significantly different between the harmed parties, even in circumstances under which the harms are similar. The matter of every harmed party is individual, and the question of the harm is unique to his or her lifestyle. The economic approach to law teaches that the guiding principle in torts is justice that remedies the harm in an equal manner, and thus certainty in law is obtained. However, in the absence of well-defined legal standards, the economic approach is unachievable. One possible solution to this situation is that the types of harms and the types of harmed people could be the deciding factor in the amount of compensation, therefore it is necessary to estimate, evaluate, and quantify this in numerical, financial terms.(original abstract)

Artykuł omawia trudne i zawiłe aspekty problematyki zadośćuczynienia za szkodę niemajątkową w wyniku doznania bólu i cierpienia, które są objęte zakresem norm prawa izraelskiego. Do dnia dzisiejszego nie ma jasno określonych prawnych reguł oceny szkody niemajątkowej, w szczególności bólu czy cierpienia. W związku z tym poszukujemy orzeczeń różniących się znacząco, a mających za swój przedmiot szkody powstałe w bardzo podobnych okolicznościach. Orzeczenia takie wskazują na zindywidualizowany charakter każdej ze spraw mających za swój przedmiot zagadnienie krzywdy. Ekonomiczne podejście do prawa wskazuje, że naczelną zasadą w prawie deliktów jest reguła sprawiedliwości wyrównawczej, a zatem i pewności prawa. Jednakże w obliczu braku dobrze zdefiniowanych reguł prawnych w ramach szkód niemajątkowych podejście ekonomiczne jest nieosiągalne. Jedynym możliwym rozwiązaniem jest każdorazowa analiza czynników wchodzących w grę w indywidualnych przypadkach, aby określić kwotę kompensacji.(abstrakt oryginalny)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Medicine; Tort liability; Compensation; Claims for compensation

PL

Medycyna; Odpowiedzialność deliktowa; Odszkodowania; Roszczenia odszkodowawcze

• Czasopismo: Studia Prawno-Ekonomiczne
• Rocznik: 2017
• Tom: 105
• Strony: 23--44

Twórcy

autor

Natali Levin

• UAM w Poznaniu

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DOI

10.26485/SPE/2017/105/2