Part 1 Prejudice of Anxiety Prejudice of Anguish Part 2 Prejudice of Sorrow Part 3 Prejudice of … something special For adults only France 2014 Some new compensable prejudices 1

Part I - Prejudice of anxiety Accident, Illness, … Anxiety Compensable Préjudice 2

Prejudice of anxiety exposure to asbestos at work Illness Anxiety Compensable Préjudice 3

Prejudice of anxiety exposure to asbestos at work Anxiety Compensable Préjudice ??? Fear of a future and eventual Illness 4

Prejudice of anxiety exposure to asbestos at work Anxiety Compensable Préjudice ??? YES : Cour de Cassation, 11 May 2010, etc. =situation of permanent concern over the risk of developping an asbestos-related pathology + Regular medical check-ups, reactivating anguish Fear of a future and eventual Illness 5

Prejudice of anxiety The cost exposure to asbestos at work Anxiety Average Damages : € Victims ? ? Total = € ??? Fear of a future and eventual Illness 6

Prejudice of anxiety A new Prejudice ? Implantation of a lead of a pacemaker Anxiety Compensable Préjudice ??? YES : Cour de Cassation, 19 December 2006 =situation of permanent concern over the risk of heart problems until the operation Fear of a heart attack until the explantation Fear of a heart attack until the explantation Default of the lead Explantation 7

Prejudice of anxiety A new Prejudice ? Blood Transfusion: of Hepatitis C Virus Anxiety Compensable Préjudice ??? YES : Cour de Cassation, 12 July 2007 = anguish of knowing that he is a carrier of the virus Fear of a developping a chronic Hepatitis 8

Prejudice of anxiety A new Prejudice ? Provisional detention Rape allegation Anxiety Compensable Préjudice ??? YES : Court of Appeal of Paris, 4 March 2013 = fear of beeing assaulted Fear of eventual violences from other prisoners 9

Prejudice of anxiety A new Prejudice ? Gas Station Attendant Exposure to Petrol Vapours Anxiety Compensable Préjudice ??? YES, probably : Cour de Cassation, 5 mars 2014 Fear of a vapour-related pathology 10

Prejudice of anguish A new Prejudice ? Death of the passenger Prejudice of near- death experience Motor car accident Passenger seriously wounded Compensable Préjudice for the Victim ??? YES : Cour de Cassation, 26 March minutes 11

Prejudice of anguish Sale of a defectuous yacht Buyer : drowning accident Death by drowning Compensable Préjudice for the Victim ??? YES : Cour de Cassation, 29 April 2014 Prejudice of near- death experience 12

Part 2 - Prejudice of sorrow Doctor’s Fault Closest Relatives : Sorrow Compensable Préjudice Patient’Death Who is the victim? 13

Part 2 - Prejudice of sorrow Doctor’s Fault Doctor Murray Members of a fan club Sorrow Compensable Préjudice ? Patient’Death Who is the victim? 14

Doctor’s Fault Doctor Murray Members of Michael Jackson’s fan club So Sorrowed ! Compensable Préjudice ? Patient’Death Who is the victim? Part 2 - Prejudice of sorrow 15

Doctor’s Fault Doctor Murray Members of Michael Jackson’s fan club … So Sorrowed ! Compensable Préjudice ? Tribunal of Orléans, 11 Februar 2014 YES ! 1 € Patient’Death Who is the victim? Part 2 - Prejudice of sorrow 16

Part 3 - Prejudice of … a very french feeling 17

La grande Odalisque Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1814) 18

Saint Jérôme Simon Vouet

Saint Jérôme Pieter Coecke van Aelst ( ) 20

COUR D'APPEL D'AIX EN PROVENCE 6e Chambre B – 03 MAI N°2011/292 - Rôle N° 09/05752 « Elisabeth B. a obtenu (…) des dommages et intérêts de euros (…) pour absence de relations sexuelles pendant plusieurs années. (…) les attentes de l'épouse étaient légitimes dans la mesure où les rapports sexuels entre époux sont notamment l'expression de l'affection qu'ils se portent mutuellement, tandis qu'ils s'inscrivent dans la continuité les devoirs découlant du mariage ». 21