This appeal addressed prescription periods for a civil liability action against a municipality after a homicide.
The respondents, as indirect victims, sought moral and material damages for the death of a family member and argued that the three-year period in art. 2930 C.C.Q. applied.
The majority held that an action claiming direct and immediate consequences of interference with a person’s physical integrity is based on the obligation to make reparation for bodily injury caused to another.
As a result, the three-year period applied and the municipal six-month limitation did not bar the claim.
The appeal was dismissed.
