Desastre da Ultracargo e a reparação inter partes

evidências documentais sobre impactos aos pescadores (2015–2021)

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In April 2015, a fire lasting eight days struck Ultracargo’s fuel storage tanks (gasoline and anhydrous ethanol) in Santos, São Paulo. The death of approximately nine tons of fish caused severe ecological imbalance and disrupted the livelihoods of the local fishing community. This article examines, through documentary analysis supported by descriptive quantitative data, the effectiveness of inter partes reparation for affected fishers. To this end, 386 appellate decisions from the São Paulo State Court of Justice (TJSP), issued between April 10, 2015, and March 20, 2021, were compiled through jurisprudential research. The results revealed a minimal individual success rate — only one favorable ruling (~0.25%) — and recurrent grounds for dismissal. The discussion contrasts these judicial patterns with the principles of strict environmental liability, dynamic burden of proof, and the articulation between collective remedies (Consent Decrees) and individual compensation, highlighting the limitations of reparatory sufficiency in mass environmental damage. The article proposes adjustments to evidentiary standards and institutional design to prevent collective instruments from undermining inter partes compensation.

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Barbara Cristina Kruse, Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa

Graduada em Direito, Geografia e História (formação pedagógica). Especialista em Direito Aplicado pela Escola da Magistratura, núcleo de Ponta Grossa e Especialista em Direito Ambiental. Mestre em Gestão do Território (UEPG), Mestre em Direito (UEPG). Doutora em Ciências Sociais e Aplicadas pela UEPG. Pós-Doutoranda em Geografia (UEPG). Advogada e professora de ensino regular, técnico e superior.

Marcos Kruse

Doutor em Direito (UNLZ). Economista e perito judicial. 

SEÇÃO TEMÁTICA Direito e Sustentabilidade - Editor Reshad Tawfeiq

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2025-10-31

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Vol. 9 No. 1 (2025): Direitos fundamentais - Direito e Sustentabilidade

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