Italian Personal Injury Law

Rights of the injured party during the investigation, the civil-party claim, the provisional award and the transfer of the claim to the civil courts.

The decisions a family abroad must take quickly: appointing an expert for the autopsy, releasing the body, securing records and interrupting limitation.

The points-based tables after Court of Cassation judgment No 10579/2021, the factors that move the valuation and the evidence each relative needs.

Liability of sea carriers for passenger injury and death, limits of liability, the two-year time bar and the routes between Malta, Sicily and the mainland.

Receiving funds without closing the claim: payment of the offered amount, Article 147 of the Private Insurance Code and the criminal court’s provisional award.

A practical checklist for testing a reasoned offer under Article 148 of the Private Insurance Code against an independent valuation.

The loser-pays rule, ministerial parameters, recoverability of pre-action costs and the rules on lawyers’ fees agreements in Italy.

The compulsory invitation under Article 3 of Decree-Law No 132/2014: content, timing, the effects of refusal and the enforceability of an agreement.

The decisive phase of an Italian injury claim: the expert’s questions, the party expert’s role, the examination and the observations on the draft report.

When a psychiatric condition becomes biological damage, how it is diagnosed and assessed, and how it differs from moral suffering.

Why neuropathic pain is often under-assessed, the medico-legal approach to chronic pain syndromes and the evidence that supports the claim.

Scope and application in time of Presidential Decree No 12/2025, the role of the Milan tables 2024 and the Court of Cassation’s judgments of 2025 and 2026.