Fatal car accident attorneys in Italy.

When a person dies in a car accident, pursuant the Italian legal system his/her relatives are entitled to a compensation for the damages caused by the loss of parental relationship. Generally, this right is granted to the parents, sons, daughters and siblings (according to the most recents judgment of the Italian Supreme Court also the grandparents are entitled to receive a compensation for the loss of parental relatioship caused by a fatal road accident).

About the unmarried couples, even if the Italian succession law doesn't recognize any right to the fiance or the unmarried partner, they have the same rights of the other relatives in order to ask a compensation for the loss of family relationship caused by the death of the partner. In fact, if the fiance or unmarried partner is able to demonstrate that his/her relation with the victim of the accident was strong and lasting, he/she has the right to be compenseted, even if the couple didn't cohabit at the time of the death.

This is possibile because the main requirement for the compensation of the damages caused by the loss of parental relationship is not the existence of a legal parental relationship, but the existence of a relationship (also de facto) between two persons, characterized by lasting and significant commonality of life and affection.

This orientation of the Italian jurisprudence is a good news for all foreign unmarried couples (also same-sex couples) not recognized as marriages in Italy.  

If you need an Italian attorney for fatal car accident in Italy, don't hesitate to contact us (click here). 

Please see also:

Fatal car accident under the Italian penal code

The compensation to relatives for the loss of family relationship according to Italian Law

What to do if your relative died in a car accident in Italy

Car accidents lawyers in Italy

Car accidents involving pedestrians in Italy

Car accident in Italy: also grandparents are entitled to compensation for the death of a grandchild