As the APA agency informed on Thursday, a woman living in southern Austria is demanding 20,000 euro from a family member as compensation after the death of her husband, who contracted coronavirus during last year's Easter in the family circle.
The woman's husband died last spring after contracting Covid-19. While everyone was asked to test for coronavirus prior to the family reunion, one of the deceased's relatives did not.
"Safety was made a priority before Christmas, so all participants were asked to test themselves. Later it turned out that the relative's new partner did not have the official test taken, but only the test taken at the meeting point, which turned out to be negative " - reported Dario Paya, widow's attorney.
The attorney of the other party explained that his client did not know during the meeting with the family that he was infected. He was supposed to find out about the infection only after his colleague obtained a positive test result.
As APA's attorney Paya explained, the man was summoned to pay compensation in an out-of-court settlement.