General Law

Accident

0805-en RE330 Code of Obligations (CO, General/Special Part) As of 11.07.2026


An accident is a special, externally obvious unusual event as the direct cause of the damaging effect on the body.

Deutsch

Unfall 0805-de

Ein Unfall ist ein besonderes, äusserlich sinnfälliges ungewöhnliches Ereignis als unmittelbare Ursache der schädigenden Einwirkung auf den Körper.

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