摘要
因船舶碰撞造成海上人身损害属于典型的共同侵权行为。如受害方仅向造成碰撞事故的一方侵权人提出赔偿请求,法院是否应当追加另一方侵权人为共同被告?根据《关于审理人身损害赔偿案件适用法律若干问题的解释》第5条规定,在共同侵权诉讼中,法院应将没有被起诉的侵权人追加进来。但作为民法的特别法,《中华人民共和国海商法》对有关人身损害赔偿的规定,应较一般法律规定优先适用。因此,受害方仅向造成碰撞事故的一方侵权人提出赔偿请求的,法院不追加未被起诉的其他共同侵权人的做法,符合《中华人民共和国海商法》有关规定及"不告不理"的司法原则。
Personal injuries at sea as a result of collision of ships are generally attributed to a typical joint infringement.In the case only one infringer that caused the collision of ships is claimed by the injured party,whether another infringer(s)shall be added by the court as the joint defendant(s)? According to Article 5 of Some issues concerning the Application of Law for the Trial of Cases on Compensation for Personal Injury in a common tort lawsuit the judges have the responsibility to take all the unsued i...
出处
《中国海商法年刊》
2009年第3期109-110,共2页
Annual of China Maritime Law
关键词
海上人身伤亡
共同侵权
法律适用
personal injuries at sea
joint infringement
application of law
