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Personal circumstances irrelevant to pain-and-suffering damages

BGH 5 ARs 94/14Bgh / Criminal Chamber 525 de nov. de 2015Dismissed

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Resumo Omnilex

The 5th Criminal Senate of the Federal Court of Justice answered a request from the 2nd Criminal Senate on whether an offender's personal and economic circumstances may be considered when fixing pain-and-suffering damages under § 253(2) BGB. The Senate disagreed with the requesting senate's view and relied on prior decisions of the Große Senat für Zivilsachen and the VI. Civil Senate. The decision resolves only the inter-senate legal question.

Sumário Omnilex

§ 253 Abs. 2 BGB; consideration of the tortfeasor's personal and economic circumstances when assessing pain-and-suffering damages: such circumstances are not decisive for the amount of compensation; the assessment is governed by the nature and extent of the injury and the compensatory function of the non-pecuniary damages, not by the defendant's financial capacity. § 406 Abs. 1 StPO does not alter this civil-law standard. The Senate follows the established jurisprudence of the civil senates and declines the contrary view (consid. 1).

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BGH — 5 ARs 94/14, Beschluss

Entscheidungsdatum: 2015-11-25

Aktenzeichen: 5 ARs 94/14

Dokumenttyp: Beschluss

Normen: § 406 Abs 1 StPO, § 253 Abs 2 BGB

Vorinstanz: vorgehend BGH, 8. Oktober 2014, Az: 2 StR 137/14, Beschlussnachgehend BGH, 14. April 2016, Az: 2 StR 137/14, Vorlagebeschlussnachgehend BGH, 16. September 2016, Az: VGS 1/16, Beschlussnachgehend BGH, 11. Mai 2017, Az: 2 StR 324/14, Beschlussnachgehend BGH, 11. Mai 2017, Az: 2 StR 420/15, Beschlussnachgehend BGH, 11. Mai 2017, Az: 2 StR 522/14, Beschlussnachgehend BGH, 11. Mai 2017, Az: 2 StR 374/14, Beschlussnachgehend BGH, 11. Mai 2017, Az: 2 StR 428/14, Beschlussnachgehend BGH, 11. Mai 2017, Az: 2 StR 518/14, Beschlussnachgehend BGH, 11. Mai 2017, Az: 2 StR 137/14, Beschluss

Spruchkörper: 5. Strafsenat

Titelzeile

Beantwortung der Anfrage des 2. Strafsenats zur Berücksichtigung der persönlichen und wirtschaftlichen Verhältnisse des Täters im Rahmen der Zumessung eines Schmerzensgeldes

Tenor

Der Senat stimmt der Rechtsauffassung des anfragenden Senats nicht zu.

Gründe

1 Der Senat bezieht sich zur Begründung auf die Beschlüsse des Großen Senats für Zivilsachen des Bundesgerichtshofs vom 6. Juli 1955 - GSZ 1/55, BGHZ 18, 149, und des VI. Zivilsenats vom 28. Juli 2015 - GSZ 1/14 (siehe auch Großer Senat für Zivilsachen des Bundesgerichtshofs, Beschluss vom 12. Oktober 2015 - GSZ 1/14).

Sander Dölp König

Berger Bellay

Palavras-chave

pain and suffering damagessentencing considerationspersonal circumstanceseconomic circumstancesinter-senate requestcivil compensation

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Questões jurídicas principais extraídas pela Omnilex

Questão jurídica principal

Whether the offender's personal and economic circumstances may be taken into account when determining pain-and-suffering damages under § 253(2) BGB.

Decisão extraída

The Senate did not agree that such circumstances should be considered in the assessment of pain-and-suffering damages.

Fundamentação extraída

The Senate referred to prior case law of the Federal Court of Justice, including decisions of the Große Senat für Zivilsachen and the VI. Civil Senate, as supporting the contrary view of the requesting senate's legal position.

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