Her land had been occupied in 1977 to build the Brotzu, but the expropriation decree had never been completed. After 47 years, Mrs. SG, who had filed a lawsuit in '88, could see the money she is entitled to.
This, at least, is written in the determination of the municipal director of the service Evandro Pillosu, who perfects the practices of a decades-long procedure with entities (many no longer existing) that had tried to opt out: the Municipality of Cagliari pays 106,843.44 euros.
The convoluted story began in September 1977, when the then hospital body "Ospedali Riuniti di Cagliari" proceeded to occupy the area needed for the construction of the new civil hospital of Cagliari in the Su Planu area – the Brotzu, therefore -, without completing the procedure with the issuance of the expropriation decree.
Among the areas occupied without title, we read in the papers «there was also the one identified in the Land Registry on Sheet 2 of Pirri, map 104 belonging for 4/56 to Mrs. SG» . Waiting for the money that did not arrive, the woman eleven years later had decided to take legal action to «obtain compensation for damages for the illegitimate occupation».
The first conviction came in 2022 against the Municipality, considered responsible due to the extinction of the health company that had used the land without having the right: all attempts at opposition by the entities involved (from Usl 21, to its liquidation management, up to the Region and Brotzu company) were useless. The illegal occupation was worth 67.17 euros. In addition, there was compensation for damages, quantified at 29,517.43 euros. Amounts, with related interests, all to be revalued.
The City Hall's lawyers filed an appeal. But the second-instance judges rejected that too. The interest continued to mount, until it reached the sum reported in the document just filed: over 106 thousand euros, after 47 years.
(Unioneonline/E.Fr.)
