If you have been involved in a car accident in Italy and have
suffered damages, there are a few important things you need to
note. As any Italian Lawyer will tell you; according to Italian
Law, the person who caused the damage has the duty to restore the
victim back to the position they would have been in if the damage
had not occurred – as set out in articles 2043 and 2054 of
the Civil Code. To quantify the amount of damage, it is
important to know that the Italian Civil Code identifies a
distinction between patrimonial damages and non-patrimonial
damages; now let's take a look at this important
distinction.
Patrimonial damages relate to a financial
loss, that is when fault or negligence harms the economic assets of
the injured party directly. There are two different sub-categories
of patrimonial damages: consequential damage and monetary
loss. "Consequential damage" is defined as the
immediate and direct consequence of the damage that caused the
economic loss.
