INCREASED FOOD COSTS AS A COMPONENT OF COMPENSATION FOR DAMAGE TO HEALTH – COMMENTS ON COURT RULINGS. MATERIAL LAW’S AND PROCEDURAL LAW’S ISSUES

Abstract

This article concerns on presenting the issue of the admissibility of obtaining reimbursement of food expenses incurred by victims during their convalescence as part of their claim for compensation. The purpose of the research was to answer the question whether, in the light of the achievements of the court’s jurisprudence to date, the compensation due to persons who have suffered damage to their health may include their food expenses during the period of their recovery. The research is based on a dogmatic method, an examination of the current legal status and an analysis of selected court rulings made in compensation cases, in which the injured parties covered with compensation claims the expenses incurred for food costs. The research methods indicated are supplemented by a review of statements made by representatives of the legal science on the subject. The jurisprudence practice of the judiciary in the matter of covering the compensation granted to persons who have suffered damage to their health for the cost of meals during their convalescence is uneven and no universally applicable model of resolving such claims has been developed. The assessment of the jurisprudence in cases of this type leads to the conclusion that in court practice, the possibility of including food expenses in the awarded compensation benefits for the injured party depends on the specific circumstances of a given case, as well as on the parties to the proceedings demonstrating appropriate evidence initiative