A boat captain collided with a concrete pier and turned it into "Qaida"
A “stewardess” demands compensation of one million dirhams for her injuries in a marine accident
The court required the captain of the boat to pay the stewardess 70,000 dirhams. Archives
A flight attendant filed a lawsuit before the Abu Dhabi Court of First Instance, against a boat captain, demanding that he pay an amount of one million dirhams in compensation to her for the material and moral damages he caused as a result of his negligent and reckless driving of the boat owned by him, and failure to take caution and caution, which resulted in an accident and her paralysis , While the court ruled to reject the lawsuit for compensation for bodily injuries due to the issuance of a final judgment in it with the judiciary for compensation of 70 thousand dirhams for the moral and moral damages suffered by her, and the plaintiff’s request regarding compensation for material damages was rejected, which was previously decided.
The case papers indicated that the defendant was driving a marine boat owned by him with all recklessness and negligence, and did not take precautions and caution, and collided with a concrete pier, which caused severe damage to the stewardess in the form of double fractures in her entire left foot, which required several surgeries, and the installation of supports and screws for her foot. The left foot, which resulted in a permanent disability, and became confined and confined to a wheelchair since the accident and throughout the remainder of her life, and forensic medicine determined the disability at 35%.
The host filed a lawsuit and requested that the defendant be obligated to pay her one million dirhams as compensation for all material damages and lost earnings achieved and for moral compensation that had befallen her.
The case papers indicated that the accident occurred due to the defendant’s proven mistake according to the judgment issued in the criminal case, who ruled that the defendant was convicted of the charge attributed to him and was punished with a fine of 10 thousand dirhams, and obligated him to pay 70 thousand dirhams to the government of justice to the victim and in the civil case to refer it to The competent court, and since that was the case and the plaintiff was affected by the accident with material and moral damages, which prompted her to file her lawsuit with the presented requests.
The court explained in its ruling that it is proven in the papers that the judgment issued in the criminal case supported by the appeal judgment and the judgment of cassation had awarded the plaintiff a compensation of 70 thousand dirhams for the bodily injuries sustained, and the plaintiff is not entitled to compensation for it again because it is not permissible to combine two compensation for the same injuries. .
The court pointed out that with regard to the plaintiff’s request for material compensation for what she lost in terms of earnings and losses that befell her, she claimed that she was working as a flight attendant for an airline, and because of that injury and disability, she lost her job forever, but she did not provide any evidence to prove this claim. The papers were devoid of any evidence proving her work in this position or any evidence showing her monthly salary, and her statements regarding compensation in this regard for material damage were mere statements sent without evidence or evidence, and accordingly, the plaintiff did not provide evidence proving her entitlement to the financial compensation that You claim it, which the court decides to reject this request.
The court ruled in the presence of the plaintiff in the original lawsuit to oblige the defendant to pay the plaintiff a compensation of 70,000 dirhams for the moral and moral damages sustained by her, and to reject the plaintiff’s request regarding compensation for material damages.