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An alternative practitioner has to pay 30,000 euros in compensation for pain and suffering to her son after a patient dies from cancer.
The Higher Regional Court (OLG) Munich decided on Thursday in a landmark judgment.
The boy's father had originally asked the alternative practitioner of his deceased partner's deceased partner to pay 170,000 euros for the child.
The woman suffering from cervical cancer had - despite good treatment prospects - stopped radiotherapy and chemotherapy and instead relied on preparations made from snake venom, which she received from her naturopath.
"The defendant did not actively advise her patient to discontinue life-saving radiation therapy," the court found.
“But she did not oppose her emerging decision, which would have been her job as a non-medical practitioner.” From the court's point of view, she should have advised her patient to resume chemotherapy.
"This failure of the defendant to continue for weeks was irresponsible and, from the point of view of a responsible alternative practitioner, absolutely incomprehensible."
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In addition to compensation for pain and suffering, she was sentenced to pay compensation for lost child support.
The court did not allow an appeal against the judgment.