A public servant or government employee is in every case liable to make good the injury he causes to another by his fault.
Civil Code
2015 English source edition · Current applicability not established.
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Article 1637
Principle · Preserved transcription; page attribution imported from the source collection. Verify against the original.
Where the fault is an official fault, the victim may also claim to be compensated by the State, which may, if appropriate, subsequently recover from the public servant or employee at fault.
The State is not answerable where the fault committed is a personal fault.