長照契約之定性及法律適用問題──由臺灣高等法院高雄分院108年度原上字第5號判決談起【本期企劃】 試閱
The Nature of the Long-Term Contract and the Application of Law: Evaluating the Verdict No. 5 of the Taiwan High Court Kaohsiung Branch Cour in 2019
長照機構之經營者是否適用消費者保護法而須負無過失責任,關涉其經營之風險承擔,本判決實務如採肯定說,將對長照產業形成巨大衝擊。本文則認依長照服務之性質並不適用消費者保護;縱認仍須適用該法,法院對於相關構成要件於個案中亦須嚴格認定。
Whether the operators of the long-term care institutions shall apply the consumer protection act and the strict liability, which involves the risk bearing of its operation. It will be a huge impact to the long-term care industry because of this verdict. This article claims that to the long-term care service does not apply to consumer protection law given its nature. Even though the long-term care service apply strict liability, the relevant constituent elements must be strictly identified in each case.
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