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Part 1 Prejudice of Anxiety Prejudice of Anguish Part 2 Prejudice of Sorrow Part 3 Prejudice of something special For adults only France 2014 Some new compensable prejudices 1 Slide 2 Part I - Prejudice of anxiety Accident, Illness, Anxiety Compensable Prjudice 2 Slide 3 Prejudice of anxiety exposure to asbestos at work Illness Anxiety Compensable Prjudice 3 Slide 4 Prejudice of anxiety exposure to asbestos at work Anxiety Compensable Prjudice ??? Fear of a future and eventual Illness 4 Slide 5 Prejudice of anxiety exposure to asbestos at work Anxiety Compensable Prjudice ??? YES : Cour de Cassation, 11 May 2010, etc. =situation of permanent concern over the risk of developping an asbestos-related pathology + Regular medical check-ups, reactivating anguish Fear of a future and eventual Illness 5 Slide 6 Prejudice of anxiety The cost exposure to asbestos at work Anxiety Average Damages : 10 000 Victims ? 100 000 ? Total = 1 000 000 000 ??? Fear of a future and eventual Illness 6 Slide 7 Prejudice of anxiety A new Prejudice ? Implantation of a lead of a pacemaker Anxiety Compensable Prjudice ??? YES : Cour de Cassation, 19 December 2006 =situation of permanent concern over the risk of heart problems until the operation Fear of a heart attack until the explantation Fear of a heart attack until the explantation Default of the lead Explantation 7 Slide 8 Prejudice of anxiety A new Prejudice ? Blood Transfusion: of Hepatitis C Virus Anxiety Compensable Prjudice ??? YES : Cour de Cassation, 12 July 2007 = anguish of knowing that he is a carrier of the virus Fear of a developping a chronic Hepatitis 8 Slide 9 Prejudice of anxiety A new Prejudice ? Provisional detention Rape allegation Anxiety Compensable Prjudice ??? YES : Court of Appeal of Paris, 4 March 2013 = fear of beeing assaulted Fear of eventual violences from other prisoners 9 Slide 10 Prejudice of anxiety A new Prejudice ? Gas Station Attendant Exposure to Petrol Vapours Anxiety Compensable Prjudice ??? YES, probably : Cour de Cassation, 5 mars 2014 Fear of a vapour-related pathology 10 Slide 11 Prejudice of anguish A new Prejudice ? Death of the passenger Prejudice of near- death experience Motor car accident Passenger seriously wounded Compensable Prjudice for the Victim ??? YES : Cour de Cassation, 26 March 2013 10 minutes 11 Slide 12 Prejudice of anguish Sale of a defectuous yacht Buyer : drowning accident Death by drowning Compensable Prjudice for the Victim ??? YES : Cour de Cassation, 29 April 2014 Prejudice of near- death experience 12 Slide 13 Part 2 - Prejudice of sorrow Doctors Fault Closest Relatives : Sorrow Compensable Prjudice PatientDeath Who is the victim? 13 Slide 14 Part 2 - Prejudice of sorrow Doctors Fault Doctor Murray Members of a fan club Sorrow Compensable Prjudice ? PatientDeath Who is the victim? 14 Slide 15 Doctors Fault Doctor Murray Members of Michael Jacksons fan club So Sorrowed ! Compensable Prjudice ? PatientDeath Who is the victim? Part 2 - Prejudice of sorrow 15 Slide 16 Doctors Fault Doctor Murray Members of Michael Jacksons fan club So Sorrowed ! Compensable Prjudice ? Tribunal of Orlans, 11 Februar 2014 YES ! 1 PatientDeath Who is the victim? Part 2 - Prejudice of sorrow 16 Slide 17 Part 3 - Prejudice of a very french feeling 17 Slide 18 La grande Odalisque Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1814) 18 Slide 19 Saint Jrme Simon Vouet 1622 19 Slide 20 Saint Jrme Pieter Coecke van Aelst (1502-1550) 20 Slide 21 COUR D'APPEL D'AIX EN PROVENCE 6e Chambre B 03 MAI 2011- N2011/292 - Rle N 09/05752 Elisabeth B. a obtenu () des dommages et intrts de 10000 euros () pour absence de relations sexuelles pendant plusieurs annes. () les attentes de l'pouse taient lgitimes dans la mesure o les rapports sexuels entre poux sont notamment l'expression de l'affection qu'ils se portent mutuellement, tandis qu'ils s'inscrivent dans la continuit les devoirs dcoulant du mariage . 21