Decision of the Court of Appeals in Krakow 1st Civil Division of 7th September 2020
I ACa 954/18

The Court of Appeals in Krakow – 1^st Civil Division with the following ruling bench:

Presiding judge:          Marek Boniecki, Court of Appeals Judge

Judges:                          Grzegorz Krężołek, Court of Appeals Judge

                                       Sławomir Jamróg, Court of Appeals Judge (rapporteur)

having examined on 7 September 2020 in Krakow at the hearing the group action filed by Z. R. acting as the representative of the group consisting of: [data of 25 group members] against the State Treasury – the National Water Management Holding Polish Waters in Warsaw [Państwowe Gospodarstwo Wodne Wody Polskie w Warszawie] (previously the State Treasury – the Director of the Regional Board for Water Management in Krakow) and the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship for establishment of the defendants’ liability,

following the appeal of the National Water Management Holding Polish Waters in Warsaw [Państwowe Gospodarstwo Wodne Wody Polskie w Warszawie] against the judgement of the Regional Court in Krakow of 19 October 2017, file ref. no. I C 1419/10,

decides to

1. reject the appeal;
2. not to charge the National Water Management Holding Polish Waters in Warsaw [Państwowe Gospodarstwo Wodne Wody Polskie w Warszawie] with the costs of the appeal proceedings.