Case of European Court of Human Rights, June 13, 2006 (case CASE OF MUCKOVA v. SLOVAKIA)

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Case of European Court of Human Rights, June 13, 2006 (case CASE OF MUCKOVA v. SLOVAKIA)

FOURTH SECTION

CASE OF MÚČKOVÁ v. SLOVAKIA

(Application no. 21302/02)

JUDGMENT

STRASBOURG

13 June 2006

FINAL

13/09/2006

This judgment will become final in the circumstances set out in Article 44 § 2 of the Convention. It may be subject to editorial revision.

In the case of Múčková v. Slovakia,

The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting as a Chamber composed of:

Sir Nicolas Bratza, President,

Mr J. Casadevall,

Mr M. Pellonpää,

Mr S. Pavlovschi,

Mr L. Garlicki,

Ms L. Mijović,

Mr J. 'ikuta, judges,

and Mr T.L. Early, Section Registrar,

Having deliberated in private on 23 May 2006,

Delivers the following judgment, which was adopted on that date:

PROCEDURE

1.  The case originated in an application (no. 21302/02) against the Slovak Republic lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms ('the Convention') by a Slovakian national, Ms Helena Múčková ('the applicant'), on 13 June 2001.

2.  The Government of the Slovak Republic ('the Government') were represented by their Agent, Mrs A. Poláčková.

3.  On 15 June 2005 the Court decided to communicate the application. Applying Article 29 § 3 of the Convention, it decided to rule on the admissibility and merits of the application at the same time.

THE FACTS

I.  THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE

4.  The applicant was born in 1939 and lives in Bratislava.

1.  Background information

5.  In 1989 the applicant's daughter was seriously injured in a road traffic accident. The driver, who had been originally accused and convicted of having negligently caused bodily harm...

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