The "appeal" raised the amount to compensate them for their psychological pain

270 thousand dirhams compensation for a mother and her two children who were trampled upon

The "court of first instance" set the compensation amount at 150,000 dirhams.

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The Abu Dhabi Court of Appeal obligated an insurance company to pay a mother and her two children an amount of 270,000 dirhams, compensation for the physical and moral damages they suffered as a result of a run-over accident, and the court indicated that the psychological pain associated with the accident is not sufficient to compensate her for the amount of compensation awarded in the court of first instance, whose value is 150,000 dirhams .

A woman and her two children (13 years and 7 years old) were subjected to a traffic accident caused by the driver of an insured vehicle with the insurance company, and they were subjected to material, psychological and moral damages, and they demanded the court to assign a forensic doctor to examine them to indicate the damage and injuries sustained by them as a result of the accident, and to estimate the percentage of disability they suffered. A statement of all material loss and damage suffered, with the defendant being obligated to pay fees, expenses and attorney fees.

The forensic report showed that the injuries that the child suffered as a result of the accident include abrasions and a traumatic wound to the face with swelling, and the injury did not leave a permanent disability, indicating that the attached medical reports did not prove that any of the senses (hearing, sight, taste, smell or smell were affected). Touch) or the presence of any nerve convulsions (epileptic seizures) in the child as a result of the accident.

The medical report stated that the girl suffered injuries included a fracture of the top of the left shin bone with an injury to the cruciate ligament of the knee, treatment was done with a brace and a cast, and the child had pain in movement, which constitutes a permanent disability, and the percentage of disability is estimated at 5%.

Whereas the mother's medical report stated that there was a deep traumatic wound with a loss of soft tissue in the front of the right lower leg through which there were dislocated fractures and displacements in the bones of the right ankle joint. Lifting the right ankle joint up, with a limp while walking and turning the foot out while walking, and the inability to run, which constitutes a permanent disability, and the disability resulting from it is estimated at 50% of the benefit of the right lower limb.

The court of first instance ordered the defendant to pay the plaintiff in his capacity as the natural guardian of his son, 15 thousand dirhams, to pay her as the natural guardian of his daughter 35 thousand dirhams, and to pay the plaintiff an amount of 100 thousand dirhams.

The two plaintiffs (the first in his capacity as the natural guardian of his two sons) and the second (the mother) were not satisfied with this court, and they lodged the appeal loudly for the appealed ruling for wrongful application and interpretation of the law, while the appellant insurance company indicated that the total compensation awarded is sufficient and appropriate and there is no basis for moral compensation From reality or law, they are in a state of steady and continuous improvement and will recover over time.

The court ruled to amend the appealed ruling by making the compensation for the child 20 thousand dirhams, the girl child 50 thousand dirhams, and the mother 200 thousand dirhams, and to oblige the appellant to pay the litigation fees of the two ranks, and to confirm the appealed judgment in the rest of that.

• The forensic report confirmed the injuries of the two children and the mother and determined the percentage of disability.

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