The victim’s heirs may claim compensation for the material injury suffered by the victim.
Civil Code
2015 English source edition · Current applicability not established.
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Article 1688
Heirs · Preserved transcription; page attribution imported from the source collection. Verify against the original.
Save where otherwise provided by law, they may not claim compensation for the moral injury suffered by the victim unless an action for compensation for the moral injury has been initiated by the victim during his lifetime.
The successor of the person liable for the injury is liable as he himself was to make it good.