He was in a traffic accident and got blind

1.4 million dirhams in compensation to a citizen for the difference in retirement salary

A partial civil court ruled in the courts of Ras Al Khaimah to oblige an insurance company, defendant, to pay the plaintiff (citizen - 30 years), one million 482 thousand and 549 dirhams, to compensate him for the value of the difference in salaries, for a period of 18 years, against the background of his retirement from his employer Due to his total blindness, inability to move, and a fractured skull, after his vehicle collided with a truck on the Al-Shuhada Street in Ras Al Khaimah.

In detail, the case papers stated that the plaintiff collided while driving his vehicle on Al-Shuhada Street in Ras Al-Khaimah, a truck traveling in front of him, after he was unable to pass it, which resulted in a fracture of the skull and facial bones, a tear and a laceration of the right eye, a fracture of the right thigh and a trauma to the brain His loss of consciousness and perception, and the inability to move, until the condition reached him due to total blindness and exposing him to a bad psychological state, according to medical reports.

The plaintiff demanded in a lawsuit newspaper to compel the defendant to pay him 1,482,549 dirhams, the difference in salaries after his retirement.

He pointed out that he was referred to retirement due to his lack of physical and health fitness, as he used to receive a monthly salary of 19 thousand and 585 dirhams, and he received a pension of 11 thousand and 750 dirhams, in addition to a two-year retirement compensation of 9950 dirhams, and according to the expert delegated by the court, the age The estimated retirement for the plaintiff is 50 years, and that the period between the date of his retirement and retirement at the age of fifty is 18 years, three months and 21 days, and the expert estimated the value of the salary that the defendant would receive, if he continued on it, at one million and 482 thousand dirhams, and that the difference changes If the retirement age is more than 50 years.

The reasons for the ruling stated that the plaintiff suffered a material loss represented in not benefiting from his full salaries, during the period following his commission of the accident, from the date of his retirement to the legal retirement age (50 years), since his vehicle is insured by the defendant, and that what he was subjected to in the accident Traffic is considered a serious material damage, and it is an inevitable and future damage.

The court clarified that it was found from the insurance policy that it includes coverage for personal accidents for the insured, pointing out that the defendant maintained that the insurance policy was free of compensation for future damage, paid in a different way.

Accordingly, the court obliges the defendant to pay the plaintiff one million 482 thousand and 549 dirhams in compensation to him for the value of the salary difference, and obligated her to pay fees, expenses and attorney fees.

• The plaintiff collided while driving his vehicle with a truck, and was subjected to a fractured skull and total blindness.

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