The driver let her bleed and ran away

83.5 thousand dirhams in compensation for parents who lost their daughter in a “collision”

Al Ain Court of First Instance obligated the driver of a vehicle to pay a married couple 83,500 dirhams of material and moral compensation for his mistaken cause of the death of their daughter.

In the details, a couple filed a civil lawsuit against a young man, asking him to compel him to compensate them financially and morally in the amount of 400,000 dirhams for the damage they suffered as a result of losing their daughter, with an obligation to pay them the value of the damaged car and its financial obligations, with fees and expenses and in exchange for attorneys' fees, pointing to The young man, as a result of his negligence and lack of caution, caused the injury of their daughter, and he ran away and left her bleeding and in pain until the police came and transferred her to a hospital and she died of her injuries.

In the lawsuit, the parents affirmed that their daughter’s injuries that resulted from the accident and pre-mortally deserved compensation, in addition to the damages to the victim’s car that was mortgaged to a bank in the amount of 27,000 dirhams, and the damages resulting from the accident, in addition to the loss of the opportunity to support and the state of grief and sorrow that befell the plaintiffs as a result of the accident. The loss of their young daughter.

While the report of the expert delegated by the court showed that the vehicle became by virtue of total destruction, and estimated the market value of the vehicle before the date of the accident at 15,000 dirhams, and estimated the value of the wrecked vehicle at 1500 dirhams.

In the ruling’s rationale, the court confirmed that the entitlement to blood money does not prevent the holder of the right to complete compensation for other damages that the blood money does not meet, including the losses suffered by the aggrieved party and the loss of earnings, pointing out that the evidence from the papers is the conviction of the defendant for the accusation caused by his mistake in The death of the plaintiffs’ daughter, and this resulted from his negligence, lack of caution and violating the law, by driving his vehicle without taking utmost care and commitment, which led to the accident and the injury of the plaintiffs’ daughter with the injuries described in the medical report, which claimed her life, which the plaintiffs deserve compensation for those injuries she sustained and resulted in to her death, and the consequent deprivation of their daughter's support for them due to their old age.

The court estimated the material compensation due to the plaintiffs at 50 thousand dirhams, and obligated the defendant to pay them 20 thousand dirhams in compensation for the serious moral and psychological damage they suffered as a result of the death of their daughter, in addition to 13,500 dirhams of the value of the vehicle after deducting the value of the vehicle wreck. He must pay the plaintiffs an amount of 83,500 dirhams, as indicated by the reasons, and it obligated the defendant to pay the appropriate fees and expenses for this amount, and rejected all other requests.

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