Civil matters and behaviour safety: How is suicide defined by the criminal code of the Czech Republic - if at all? If suicide is a deliberate, intentional act by an individual, how can one person or legal entity be "civilly liable for causing the suicide of another"? Would you say that many courts in CR shy away from imposing civil liability for causing suicide and that there is hardly any case law in this respect? Would it be correct to say that suicide is on the increase both in numerical terms and in rank as a cause of death in the CR? (Check for facts and report back: https://www.nudz.cz/pro-media/tiskove-zpravy/v-ceske-republice-loni-pribylo-sebevrazd-v-predchozich-letech-jejich-pocet-naopak-klesal-1) Can it be expected that more tort claims will be filed by parties (the bereaved family) attempting to impose civil responsibility on someone other than their beloved decedent/deceased? /bereavement benefit / Have any Czech courts articulated any meaningful standards for deciding whether to impose civil liability for causing suicide? /codified legal provisions or case law/ In the USA when claims have been brought on the ground that one individual has "caused" the suicide of another, courts tend to focus on the state of mind of the suicide at the very second they terminates their life - would you say the Czech courts would apply similar tests? /causal link, direct causal link, proximate cause/ What does the legal term "proximate cause" refer to and how does it relate to the suicide liability issue?