Road accident in the Macerata area
A sentence destined to make noise. According to the Court of Cassation, responsibility for damage caused by wildlife must be attributed to the Marche Region. The ruling by the stoats was necessary in light of the appeal of a 57-year-old resident in Pieve Torina (in the province of Macerata). The man was in fact the victim of an accident while driving his car, with a roe deer suddenly leaping onto the bonnet.
An unpredictable event
The compensation case became necessary following the accident, with the justice of the peace immediately condemning the Region to pay the legal costs and pay the damages. The main reason was that the accident was neither foreseeable nor avoidable. Then the local authority's appeal overturned the verdict.
An important legal precedent
However, the Supreme Court reinstated the initial choice. At this point we will return to the conclusions of Justice of the Peace Carlini, regarding the responsibility of the institution with regards to wildlife, a judicial precedent that cannot be ignored.