Hukmi Plus: Your AI Legal Research Assistant
Ask your legal question in plain language. Hukmi Plus searches the Hukmi database of laws and regulations, judicial rulings and principles, circulars, and jurisprudential rules, then gives you a structured answer that cites the article or ruling it relied on, so you can verify it and use it in your memorandum.
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Sample Answer from Hukmi Plus
Question: Can a company claim compensation for moral damage caused by harm to its reputation?
Answer: Under the Civil Transactions Law, compensation for a harmful act includes compensation for moral damage (Article 138, paragraph 1). However, the law defines moral damage as the physical or psychological harm suffered by a natural person as a result of an infringement of their body, freedom, honour, reputation, or social standing (Article 138, paragraph 2), which indicates that it is limited to natural persons.
Accordingly, the better view is that a company cannot claim compensation for moral damage, but may claim the material damage it suffered if it proves the elements of liability: fault, damage, and causation (Article 120). Some commentators argue for extending protection to legal persons based on Article 18 of the same law.
Sources: Civil Transactions Law, Articles 18, 120 and 138.
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