The Abu Dhabi appeal rejected the case

A car office asks a girl for 121,000 dirhams to rent a vehicle for a day

The “appeal” ruled to uphold the first-degree ruling.

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The Abu Dhabi Court of Appeal upheld a ruling issued by the Court of First Instance rejecting the accusation of a girl who rented a car for one day for 750 dirhams, that she did not return the car on the agreed date, and kept it with her for a period of 121 days, and her claim of 121 thousand dirhams in the value of the rent, and repair the car from breakdowns Which occurred, in addition to the value-added tax, and the court ruled dismissal of the appeal.

The details of the case are related to the fact that the girl rented a car from the car rental office for one day for 750 dirhams that was paid and she was with her friend, and while they were walking on the Dubai - Al-Ain road, the car broke down and stopped suddenly, so the defendant called the operations, and a truck was sent to tow the car, as she called The owner of the rental office informed him of the incident of the car breaking down, and she asked him to come to collect it, but he refused, then the owner of the office spoke with the driver of the towing truck and asked him to send the vehicle to the garage he deals with in Al Ain Industrial City.

The defendant went to the car rental office to cancel the contract, but the owner of the office asked her for 27 thousand dirhams for the value of the car's repair, on the basis that she needed to replace the engine, while the girl refused and confirmed that stopping the engine is a technical failure due to the company's negligence in the maintenance of the car and is not due to her Then, she went to the police station to open a report of the incident, and after the company learned of this report, it issued a malicious statement against the girl accusing her of not paying the car fare, and the two reports were joined together and referred to the court.

The car rental office provided a comment note, in which it confirmed that the car was in excellent condition at the time it was received, and that the damages confirmed in the police report were caused by the girl’s support for the car. He also included the insurance company in the lawsuit as the company insured with the car comprehensive insurance, and he pleaded to oblige the entrance opponent to pay 25,500 Dirhams for the cost of repairing the car’s damage, and obligating the girl to pay him 95,617 dirhams for the value of the rent, in return for the car’s usufruct and the late interest at 12%.

The insurance company submitted a reply memorandum in which it sought the ruling not to accept the application for admission, and its refusal to raise it to someone other than his own because the insurance policy did not cover the accident. She pays the plaintiff an amount of 750 dirhams for renting the car for one day.

The judiciary did not gain acceptance with the plaintiff, so he appealed it, and criticized the appealed judgment regarding the wrong application of the law.

The Court of Appeal stated that it was established that the car in question was delivered to the garage owned by the owner of the rental office on the day of the rental of the car itself, pointing out that the driver of the towing truck asserted that there were no apparent damages to the car at the time of its towing, and in light of the absence of the papers from an official report of the accident, or The support claimed by the appellant, if the results reached by the court of the first degree are sound and have what helps him, and the court decided to accept the appeal in form and rejected it in substance, uphold the appealed judgment, and obligate the appellant to pay the fees and expenses.

750

Dirhams, the court ordered it to be paid for the one-day rental of the vehicle.

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