Results
A selection of matters, presented anonymously and in summary form, as an illustration of the kind of assistance provided.
Assistance to a leasing company against a commercial tenant who, after unilaterally reducing the rent, stopped paying it altogether, alleging defects in the property while continuing to run its business there without interruption. A first application for a protective seizure to secure the debt had been refused for lack of urgency.
Outcome
Appeal upheld in full by the panel of the Court: finding the debt credible and the tenant's total refusal to pay disproportionate to the defects alleged, the panel authorised a protective seizure over the tenant's assets to secure the full amount, giving weight to the debtor's worsening financial position as shown by its accounts.
Court of Syracuse, 2023
Assistance to a party who, at the request of a relative, had sold a property received years earlier as a gift, on the shared understanding that the price — collected directly by the relative — would later be paid back. That repayment never happened. At first instance the claim was rejected, and the assisted party was also held liable for aggravated conduct, based on the testimony of a witness linked to the other side.
Outcome
First-instance judgment fully overturned on appeal: the Court of Appeal held that the burden of proving repayment lay with the party who owed it and, finding that burden unmet, ordered the other side to repay the full sum plus statutory interest, set aside the finding of aggravated liability, and ordered it to bear the costs of both instances.
Court of Appeal of Caltanissetta, 2026
Defence of a healthcare worker joined, together with numerous colleagues, in compensation proceedings brought by the family of a patient who died from an infection contracted during a hospital stay. The claim had been extended to the staff who had treated the patient at another party's request, exposing individual staff members to a substantial compensation claim.
Outcome
No liability found against the assisted party, at either instance. The Court of Appeal confirmed that the burden of proving the concrete application of infection-prevention protocols lies with the healthcare facility, not with individual staff members who had put the procedures in place and ensured their general observance: the appeal was rejected in full, with the costs of both instances borne by the facility.
Court of Appeal of Catania, 2026
Assistance to a person who had contracted chronic hepatitis following blood transfusions received during a hospital stay, many years before the condition was diagnosed. The Ministry of Health, sued in the proceedings, raised a limitation defence and denied all liability, arguing that the virus had not yet been isolated at the time of the transfusions.
Outcome
The limitation defence was rejected and the Ministry's liability established: a court-appointed technical expert found a causal link between the transfusions and the condition, the resulting permanent disability was held irreversible, and the Ministry was ordered to pay compensation for the biological damage plus interest, together with legal and expert costs.
Court of Catania, 2016
Defence of an agricultural business, as employer, in proceedings brought by a former employee who claimed to have worked more hours and days than shown on the payslips, disputed the job level applied to him, and claimed his severance pay had not been paid in full.
Outcome
Claim rejected as to the overtime pay differences and the higher job classification sought, the employee having failed to meet the burden of proof. The witness evidence was found too generic to prove the additional hours claimed, while the claim for a higher classification was not supported by an adequate account of the duties actually carried out.
Ragusa Court, Labour Section, 2023
Assistance to a public healthcare employee who, despite having performed nursing coordination duties for a hospital ward for years — shift and staff management, custody of pharmaceutical supplies, mentoring activities — continued to be paid at a lower job level, without the coordination allowance provided for by the applicable collective agreement.
Outcome
Claim upheld in full, despite the healthcare authority's failure to appear: the court found that coordination duties had in fact been carried out continuously, and ordered the authority to pay the accrued salary differences and the coordination allowance in both its fixed and variable components, plus statutory interest and legal costs.
Caltanissetta Court, Labour Section, 2021
Assistance to a property owner against the electricity network operator, which had left cables and conduits on the façade of the building without any authorising title, obstructing major renovation works already approved by the municipality and made conditional by the heritage authority on the prior removal of those cables.
Outcome
Claim upheld in full: the Court found no title legitimising the presence of the installations on the façade, ordering the operator to remove or relocate the cables and installations at its own expense, to lay the cabling underground or in a duct, and to relocate the inactive low-voltage fittings, and to bear the costs of the proceedings.
Ragusa Court, 2025
Every case is different: the outcomes described relate to specific matters and are not a guarantee of similar results in future cases.