Note on the Decision No 1162/2015 of the High Court of Cassation and Justice. Regress in the action of the insurer against the person liable for causing the prejudice Cover Image
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Notă cu privire la Decizia nr. 1162/2015 a Înaltei Curți de Casație și Justiție. Regresul în acțiunea asigurătorului împotriva celui răspunzător de producerea prejudiciului
Note on the Decision No 1162/2015 of the High Court of Cassation and Justice. Regress in the action of the insurer against the person liable for causing the prejudice

Author(s): Claudiu-Gabriel Galu
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence
Published by: Uniunea Juriștilor din România
Keywords: regress; subrogation; insurance; prejudice; claim.

Summary/Abstract: The Law No 136/1995 on insurance and reinsurance in Romania did not expressly mention that the insurer acquires a right of regress against the person responsible for causing the prejudice, but only that the former is subrogated in all rights of the insured or of the beneficiary of the insurance. The wording has generated some different interpretations in practice as regards the action of the insurer to the reparation of the prejudice, this being classified as special action, founded on the civil tort liability, or as action of common law, based on the civil contractual liability. These interpretations have led to the express regulation of the action for regress within Article 31 (6) of the Government Emergency Ordinance No 54/2016 concerning the compulsory motor vehicle insurance for civil liability for the prejudices caused to third parties by vehicle and tram accidents, which has repealed the Law No 136/1995, but which does not have a law for adoption yet.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 05
  • Page Range: 157-162
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: Romanian