The Federal Regional Court of the 3rd Region held a company liable for material damages to public assets due to repeated transportation of overweight cargo on federal highways, upholding BRL 200,000 in collective moral damages and a BRL 10,000 penalty per irregular load. The ruling applies STJ Precedent 1,104, under which repeated conduct dispenses with specific proof of causation between excess weight and road deterioration.
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