200,000 dirhams in compensation to Omani boy , who was injured in a car accident.
The Dubai court has ruled to pay 200,000 dirhams in compensation to Omani boy Tamim Abdul Raqib (9), who was injured in a car accident in Sharjah, through the intervention of YAB Legal Services CEO and social activist Salam Pappinissery.
The court order in favor of Tamim has come after two years of legal battles. On March 15, 2019, a vehicle hit Tamim while he was crossing the road below his house in Abu Shagara, Sharjah. The court was convinced that the accident occurred due to the negligence of the driver of the vehicle that hit Tamim and the Traffic Criminal Court fined the driver 1000 dirhams and released him.
Then, the father of Tamim, who was injured in the accident, approached Salam Pappinissery, CEO of YAB LEGAL SERVICES and a social activist, to get compensation. Later, through his intervention, a civil case was filed in the Dubai Court. The case for compensation was registered against the leading insurance company in the UAE that insured the vehicle that caused the accident and against the driver of the vehicle. The lawyer approached the court with strong documents including medical reports.
When the case reached the court, the lawyer appearing for the insurance company argued that Tamim's injuries were minor, and that the compensation amount was only 15,000 dirhams, and that any claims beyond that should be rejected, and that the child was also to blame for the accident, and therefore the complaint filed by the child's father should be rejected. However, the weak arguments of the insurance company could not stand up to the documents and arguments submitted by the child's lawyer in the court.
The court then carefully examined the arguments of both parties and found that the fault lay with the driver of the vehicle that hit the child, and that only the medical report and police report submitted by the child's lawyer were sufficient at present, and completely rejected the insurance company's argument.
Based on the documents submitted by the child's lawyer, the court ordered the child to be paid 200,000 UAE dirhams. However, the insurance company appealed, saying that the compensation awarded was excessive, but the appeal was dismissed due to lack of evidence.