Il caso del rotolo di linoleum (RG, 7 dicembre 1911). All’origine della responsabilità precontrattuale “allargata”

The present essay analyzes the dogmatic development of the special relationship between the parties of a precontractual bargaining in the case of fault by an employee acting for his employer. The starting point is the famous Linoleumteppich-Entscheidung, from which a profound doctrinal reflection subsequently arises to address the silence on the issue of the BGB, culminating in the Schuldrechtsreform’s (2002) regulation of the new § 311.