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Injury and assault: defence and claim
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Injuries sustained while escaping an assault
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Supreme Court · Second Chamber (Penal) · 2017
ECLI:ES:TS:2017:4315 · Date of resolution: 07/12/2017
What the Supreme Court considered and decided
The court upheld a conviction concerning serious injuries suffered by a woman who jumped from a window to escape a beating and death threats. It examined her response to the danger created by the attacker.
What this helps explain
The causal analysis of injuries includes flight behaviors caused by an immediate risk.
Editorial summary from the official note of the CGPJ. It describes this resolution, without certifying the subsequent evolution of the procedure. It should be read with the legislation applicable to its facts, reforms and subsequent case law.
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NegligenceSelf-defenceTreachery in the commission of an offenceDeliberate infliction of unnecessary sufferingCivil liability arising from an offenceBodily injuryGender-based violenceHabitual domestic abuseThreatsCoercionHarassmentProtection orderInterim measuresPrivate prosecution by the victimReporting an offence