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Prohibition of reimbursement of Nursing home costs ("Pflegeregress") that occurred before 01.01.2018
26.02.2019The “Pflegeregress”, which has been waved since 01.01.2018, had for consequence that assets of the person who admitted to care facilities and as well their heirs had to contribution to the care costs.
Read moreLimitation period does not begin until knowledge of the circumstances
26.02.2019The period of limitation begins in the case of medical malpractice only with knowledge that such had occured.
Read moreNo contributory negligence on the part of the patient due to the culpable causation of his need for treatment
24.03.2017According to established jurisprudence and prevailing academic doctrine contributory negligence on the part of the killed relative is taken account in the survivors’ claims for damages (§ 1327 ABGB) against the injuring party per analogy to § 7 (2) EKHG.
Read moreNo obligation of the physician to inform or to warn about the costs of the treatment
24.03.2017After a ski accident the defendant was transported to the claiments private hospital.
Read moreExceptional strain of an alternativ method of cancer therapy
14.12.2016In the case decided, a taxpayer suffering from cancer has consulted an alternative practitioner in Germany who has not been licensed in Austria.
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