This resulted in physical impairments in her body functions and psychological and moral scars
One million dirhams compensation for an employee who was injured in a traffic accident
Attorney Ali Al Hosani: The accident left the victim with permanent disabilities that forced her to stay at home.
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The Court of Appeal in Abu Dhabi decided to amend a ruling by the Civil Court on an insurance company and a Gulf driver to compensate a young employee with 600,000 dirhams, after she had a serious accident caused by the (Gulf) driver, which resulted in the employee having physical disabilities in various functions of the body that she transferred from a fit young woman Health and mental health to a person almost unable to do anything, and the Court of Appeal raised the value of compensation to one million dirhams.
According to the reasons for the first judgment, the accident occurred in June of last year, when the Gulf employee's car broke down during the day in the middle of the road, and the inspection proved that the weather was clean and the road was passable, and there is no congestion and the vision is clear and allows the observation of the vehicle parking remotely from a safe distance. But the vehicle of the (Gulf) driver collided with her from behind, and the Criminal Court ruled his conviction, deciding that the accident occurred as a result of his negligence and failure to adhere to caution and punished him with a fine of 500 dirhams, and the driver did not appeal against the ruling until it became final, so the employee resorted to the civil court requesting compensation for the damages he suffered Material and moral.
All parties appealed the case against the first instance judgment, and the attorney for the plaintiff, Ali Khalaf Al Hosani, demanded that the judgment be canceled and that the insurance company and the driver who caused it pay an amount of two million dirhams in compensation for the injuries that left her with permanent disabilities that forced her to stay at home after she was working in a reputable company and receiving a salary. Help her manage her family.
On the other hand, the insurance company and the driver who caused the offense filed two appeals requesting that the compensation amount be reduced to 120,000 dirhams. The defense of the insurance company (the first defendant) submitted a memorandum petitioning that the case was not accepted, indicating that the injured employee bears a part of the liability for the accident of no less than 50 percent. %, Given that she had parked the car in the middle of the road.
The defense attorney for the second defendant (the driver) also stated that he is not solely responsible for the accident, because the employee parked her car on Al-Khaleej Al-Arabi Street, whose speed exceeds 120 kilometers per hour, demanding that compensation be limited to all physical, moral and material damages caused to the plaintiff by 120 One thousand dirhams, taking into account the deduction of 50% of the amount as a result of the driver's participation in the accident.
For its part, the Court of Appeal decided in the merits of its ruling that the physician assigned to examine the employee concluded that the injuries she suffered referred to a body structure, leaving her with psychological and moral scars, so the amount spent by the court of first instance does not match what happened to her, and it decided to increase the compensation One million dirhams, and the insurance company and the driver's appeal was rejected.
She explained that what is proven from the case papers in relation to the same incident is that the plaintiff parked her car in the street due to a technical malfunction that has no hand in it, and the offending driver had to take caution and caution, but he did not do so, according to the criminal judgment that was issued against him and did not appeal against him. His statement that the plaintiff contributed to the accident is not fixed.
Traffic report
The traffic report stated that the accident occurred as a result of lack of appreciation by road users, so the front of the causing vehicle collided with the left rear corner of the employee's vehicle, and the accident resulted in material damage to the vehicle, and the driver was seriously injured, and she was subsequently taken to the hospital.
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