Odpowiedzialność cywilna za szkodę wyrządzoną w związku z leczeniem
Civil Responsibility for Damage Inflicted in Relation to Treatment

Summary/Abstract: The paper concerns civil responsibility for damages (harm) inflicted in the course of treatment asa result of two kinds of events, i.e. the infringement of a patient’s personal interests and throughmedical error. In particular, the paper discusses the prerequisites of civil responsibility, the issueof responsibility for the infringement of a patient’s personal interests as well as civil responsibil-ity for professional error. It is also observed that on the basis of the analysis performed in the pa-per one can justify the statement that patients have at their disposal numerous legal instrumentsenabling them to seek reparation for such damage. Nevertheless, it is highlighted that inso-called medical trials drawing up a correct claim is relatively easy, whereas it is far more diffi-cult to actually prove during court proceedings that in a given case the infringement of a patient’spersonal interests actually occurred, or that a culpable professional error was committed.

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