Driver fined Dhs20,000 for running over a worker

Abu Dhabi: Family, Civil and Administrative Cases Court obligated a worker to pay a compensation of Dhs20,000 to another worker for running over him while driving a truck and reversing in their workplace.

- Abdulrahman Saeed

Earlier, the victim filed a lawsuit against four parties; namely, the truck driver, the company where the accident took place, the truck owner and the mandated employer.

The required the court to obligate them to pay him Dhs45,000 as a compensation for the harm he sustained in addition to a 9 per cent legal interest from the date the lawsuit was filed until full payment.

The victim stated in his lawsuit that he had sustained multiple fractures in his bones and other parts of his body, as proven by the defendants’ error.

He pleaded that the defendants did not fulfill their professional obligations and failed to take safety and security measures.