Padova Charter on personal injury and damage under civil-tort law


Ferrara S. D., Baccino E., Boscolo-Berto R., Comande G., Domenici R., Hernandez-Cueto C., ...More

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LEGAL MEDICINE, vol.130, no.1, pp.1-12, 2016 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

Abstract

Compensation for personal damage, defined as any pecuniary or non-pecuniary loss causally related to a personal injury under civil-tort law, is strictly based on the local jurisdiction and therefore varies significantly across the world. This manuscript presents the first "International Guidelines on Medico-Legal Methods of Ascertainment and Criteria of Evaluation of Personal Injury and Damage under Civil-Tort Law". This consensus document, which includes a step-by-step illustrated explanation of flow charts articulated in eight sequential steps and a comprehensive description of the ascertainment methodology and the criteria of evaluation, has been developed by an International Working Group composed of juridical and medico-legal experts and adopted as Guidelines by the International Academy of Legal Medicine (IALM).