The author retraces on the foundations of liability for thing in custody by also looking at the apparent discrepancy between Article 1588 Civil Code and Article 2051 Civil Code. The former article, in fact, attributes liability exclusively to the tenant for the fire of the thing leased (unless he proves that it occurred due to a cause not attributable to him). Art. 2051 c.c., on the other hand, calls the renter and the tenant jointly liable for damages caused to third parties by the fire arising from the thing leased. The former’s liability is based on the possibility that the damage stems from the building’s masonry structures or from the systems built into them, while the tenant’s liability stems from the fact that the fire could result from a defect or lack of maintenance of the leased property. Joint and several liability arises insofar as neither the tenant, nor the owner, has succeeded in extricating himself or herself by providing evidence that the independent cause of the damage suffered by the third party is to be found in the other’s breach of the specific duty of vigilance directed at preventing the development of the damaging event.
Il commento ripercorre le fondamenta della responsabilità da cosa in custodia guardando altresì all’apparente discrasia che intercorre tra l’art. 1588 c.c. – il quale attribuisce al conduttore la responsabilità per l’incendio della cosa locata (salvo che non provi che sia avvenuto per causa a lui non imputabile) – e l’art. 2051 c.c. che, secondo l’interpretazione consolidata e ribadita dalla pronuncia in commento, chiama a rispondere solidalmente per i danni causati a terzi dall’incendio derivante dalla cosa locata, il locatore e il conduttore, quando né quest’ultimo, né il proprietario, siano riusciti a liberarsi fornendo la prova che la causa autonoma del danno subito dal terzo sia da ravvisare nella violazione, da parte dell’altro, dello specifico dovere di vigilanza diretto ad evitare lo sviluppo dell’evento dannoso.
Responsabilità solidale di locatore e conduttore per incendio della cosa locata: tra “disponibilità giuridica” e “disponibilità di fatto” del bene
rebecca baldini
2023-01-01
Abstract
The author retraces on the foundations of liability for thing in custody by also looking at the apparent discrepancy between Article 1588 Civil Code and Article 2051 Civil Code. The former article, in fact, attributes liability exclusively to the tenant for the fire of the thing leased (unless he proves that it occurred due to a cause not attributable to him). Art. 2051 c.c., on the other hand, calls the renter and the tenant jointly liable for damages caused to third parties by the fire arising from the thing leased. The former’s liability is based on the possibility that the damage stems from the building’s masonry structures or from the systems built into them, while the tenant’s liability stems from the fact that the fire could result from a defect or lack of maintenance of the leased property. Joint and several liability arises insofar as neither the tenant, nor the owner, has succeeded in extricating himself or herself by providing evidence that the independent cause of the damage suffered by the third party is to be found in the other’s breach of the specific duty of vigilance directed at preventing the development of the damaging event.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.