A woman from Rome unsuccessfully tried to prove that “water is a natural resource and a universal human right” after a waiter at the five-star Hotel Sassongher restaurant in Corvara offered her a bottle of mineral water costing only 7 euros during the 2019 ski season.
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Italian media report that the Supreme Court rejected the woman’s request to award 2700 euros in compensation for emotional distress and economic damage.
The hotel’s lawyer Silvio Belardi told the newspaper Corriere Alto Adige that the court decided that “there is no obligation to provide tap water.” Previously, the woman’s claim was dismissed by several lower courts.
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The woman claimed that her consumer rights were violated and that she suffered financial and moral damage. However, the court dismissed her claims due to lack of evidence and found that Italian laws and regulations do not require establishments to provide tap water to guests and that the decision to provide it depends on each establishment.
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