Austrian OGH: Liability for Road Traffic Accident Involving an Ambulance
The Austrian Supreme Court (Oberster Gerichtshof, hereinafter OGH) recently considered whether, when apportioning liability under the Austrian Railway and Motor Vehicle Liability Act (Eisenbahn- und Kraftfahrzeughaftpflichtgesetz, hereinafter EKHG), account may be taken of fault on the part of the driver of an emergency vehicle where the accident may have occurred in the exercise of public authority.…





