Cour de Cassation — Contract Law — Damages — Extent of compensation
| Date | Citation | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 08.12.1981 | Bull. civ. III, no. 206 Case SCI Lacouture v. Entreprises Caceres Subsequent developments |
When a complainant is found to have contributed to the damage caused, lower courts are free to decide the extent to which each party is liable for the damage. |
| 18.09.1936 | G.P. 1936, II, 893 Case Société cultuelle de secours israélite de Saint-Fons v. Barouk Bittoum Subsequent developments |
A butcher who had promised a religious group not to handle non-kosher meat was held liable for material and moral damage to the group, although no such meat was sold to any of its members; the full amount of damages arguably provided for in the contract was not, however, awarded. |
| 20.01.1930 | G.P. 1930, I, 413 Case Delville et ses fils v. Habasque Subsequent developments |
Although the fire insurance policy which the defendant agent was retained to procure for his principal was defective in the sense that the insurer could probably repudiate it, should a fire occur, the negligent agent was not liable for the premiums paid, since no fire had yet occurred. |