Collapse of the Morandi bridge: the operative part of the Genoa Court judgment

The Court of Genoa has read out the operative part of the first-instance judgment in the trial for the collapse of the Morandi bridge, one of the most systemically significant court cases of recent years concerning infrastructure safety and corporate organisational liability.

For directors, executives and management companies, the decision confirms how decisive the reconstruction of decision-making flows, delegations of authority and maintenance safeguards is in allocating criminal liability within complex structures. The reasoning of the judgment will be the testing ground for the imputation criteria applied.

Summary note by the CommercialistiAvvocati network, based on specialised legal and practice sources. The text does not reproduce original contributions and does not constitute professional advice.