Injury as a breach of personality rights

Damage to health as an interference with personal rights protection The purpose of this thesis is to describe the kinds of claims arising to the damaged parties in cases of unjustified interference with personal rights, especially in cases of bodily harm. This thesis comprises four chapters, where the first chapter provides brief overview of the legislation regulating personality rights and rights to protection of health in the Czech Republic. Chapter two provides more detailed overview of personality rights and rights to protection of health of an individual in the current Civil Code and it also serves as theoretical basis for the following chapters. Chapter two especially describes the content of personality rights and rights to the health of the individual, and identifies the parties entitled to sue and having the capacity to be sued. Chapter two also describes the circumstances under which the interference with the protection of personality is permissible and also the means of protection of personal rights which the damaged individual has. The essential part of this thesis is focused on the relation of the (non)pecuniary claims arising from the unjustified interference of personal rights protection pursuant to sec. 11 and following of the Civil Code and the damages to compensate physical injury..