A young man demands a hotel for 51 thousand dirhams in compensation for the presence of insects

The Abu Dhabi Court rejected the case for not providing evidence.

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The Abu Dhabi Family Court and Civil and Administrative Claims rejected a lawsuit filed by a young man against a hotel that demanded compensation of 51,000 dirhams due to insects he found in a room he rented six years ago and caused him to itch.

In the details, a young man filed a lawsuit in which he demanded to oblige a hotel to pay him 51,000 dirhams in compensation for the damages he sustained, while obliging the hotel to pay fees and expenses, indicating that he had booked one of the rooms at the hotel, and during his stay in the room he was surprised by the presence of insects and cockroaches in that room, and he was injured after passing For a period of time, with itchy skin as a result of these insects, which resulted in material and moral damages, and a document to his claim attached photographs including a complaint submitted to the hotel and photographs of the rented room, and a medical report, while a lawyer for the defendant hotel submitted a reply memorandum in which he argued that the case was not heard for the passage of The time when more than six years have passed since his stay in the hotel, as well as the rejection of the case.

In the ruling, the court stated that the decision, according to the Civil Transactions Law, is that the origin is free of liability and that the creditor has to prove his right and the debtor has to deny it, noting that the plaintiff submitted to prove his claim photographs of one of the rooms containing insects and dirt, and he did not prove to the court the validity of what he claims that he had itchy skin It was because of the insects in the hotel room, and the papers were devoid of any evidence to prove that the complainant's disease was supposedly related to insects.

The attached medical report proved that he had suffered heat stroke of the first and second degree. The complainant’s statements regarding the incident of itching of the skin due to insects were just statements sent without any support or evidence, and he is the one who bears the burden of proving that incident, which makes the case unsubstantiated. From reality and the law, the court ruled to reject the case and oblige the plaintiff to pay fees and expenses.

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