Keywords
liability
defectiveness
evidence disclosure
risk of evolution
compensation
personal injury consumator
răspundere
defect
ordin de divulgare
risc de evoluție
despăgubiri
prejudiciu corporal
Abstract
The article approaches the salient traits of the liability regime covering the patrimonial and physiological damages caused by defective products, set under Directive (EU) 2024/2853. Firstly, accent is placed on the taxonomies of damages, while emphasizing the lacunary nature of the analyzed regulation in terms of classifying the categories of defectiveness encompassed by the liability regime. Secondly, in the perimeter of evidence disclosure and defectiveness assessment, the article focuses on the possibility recognized to national courts to pronounce an order of evidence disclosure balancing the difficulties registered by the litigating parties in establishing the connection between consumer’s interaction with the defective product and the physical harm, the psychological harm or the patrimonial damages occurred for the plaintiff. Thirdly, the article discusses the causes of exemption form liability, particularly insisting on the involvement of the risk of evolution between the reasons the invoking of which remains possible for the manufacturer.
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