The Court may, where equity so requires, reduce the compensation awarded where the fault giving rise to the liability was committed by a person who was not in a state to appreciate the wrongful nature of his conduct.
Civil Code
2015 English source edition · Current applicability not established.
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Article 1657
Unawareness of Fault · Preserved transcription; page attribution imported from the source collection. Verify against the original.
In this, respect, regard shall be had to the respective financial positions of the parties and the consequences, for the author of the fault, of a liability to make the injury good.