Announcement on the commencement of the group proceedings
Under the Act of 17 December 2009 on Pursuing Claims in Group Proceedings (Journal of Laws from 2010, No 7, item 44), group proceedings initiated by the Z. R., acting as the group representative, against the State Treasury – Voivode Ś., the Director of the Regional Board for Water Management in K.; the Ś. Voivodeship; the Poviat of S. and the Municipality of S. (hereinafter jointly referred to as: ‘Defendants’) for establishment of their joint and several liability, has commenced before the Regional Court in Krakow 1st Civil Division to file ref. no. I C 1419/10.
Z. R., as the group representative, requested for the establishment that the Defendants are jointly and severally liable for damages to the group members specified in the decision on the determination of the group composition, resulting from the Defendants’ complex tort consisting in the unlawful exercise of public authority by the Defendants in the field of the flood protection (improper performance of the duties) in the area of the poviat of S. in the Ś. Voivodeship, which resulted in the water overflow over the crown of the flood embankment located along the V. River, situated on plot of land no. 1407, precinct 5, right-bank S., and its breach (as a result of washing away) on 19 May 2010 and led to the subsequent consequences related to this event.
The group may be joined by all persons who may be covered by the class action, i.e. who jointly meet the following conditions:
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Such a person may join the group by filing a written declaration on joining the group within the non-extendable period of three months as of the date of notification of that announcement and by submitting the declaration to the group representative – Z. R. via Law Firm (…) to the address of the Law Firm (…): Street (…). The form of the declaration on joining the group is available on the website of the Law Firm (…). After the lapse of the abovementioned deadline, joining the group is inadmissible.