110 thousand dirhams in compensation for a girl for a dentist’s mistake
A dentist’s mistake caused a patient to incur an amount of 81,500 dirhams in expenses, in addition to moral and psychological damages, grief and pain, while the Abu Dhabi Court for Family and Civil and Administrative Claims ruled to oblige the doctor and the medical center to pay her 110,000 dirhams in compensation for all damages.
In the details, a girl filed a lawsuit against a dental center and a dentist, requesting that they pay her 81,500 dirhams in treatment costs, and 200,000 dirhams in compensation, noting that the defendants issued a report against them from the Medical Responsibility Committee based on a complaint she submitted, and attached Support for her claim consisted of photocopies of medical reports and bills.
The plaintiff's agent requested that the lawsuit be rejected, and the introduction of an "insurance company" discount, while the court confirmed that the request to compel the defendants to pay 81,500 dirhams is a material compensation for what the plaintiff paid to the first defendant, and therefore the court includes it for compensation requests.
The court stated in the merits of the ruling that what is established from the report of the Higher Committee for Medical Liability is that there is a failure on the part of the doctor in developing the treatment plan in terms of diagnosis and the use of the concerned specialties before starting the treatment, pointing out that it is satisfied with the results of the medical responsibility committee.
The court indicated that it concluded from the report that there was a mistake on the part of the doctor and the dental center, with the availability of the rest of the other elements of liability of damage and causation, and the court ruled to obligate the two defendants to jointly pay the plaintiff an amount of 110,000 dirhams, and obligated them to pay fees and expenses.
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