Compensation of 100,000 lei for an accident caused by her own husband. Who pays this money?

A woman from Iasi received compensation of 100,000 lei after she was injured in an accident caused by her own husband. She was a passenger in the car driven by the man and suffered multiple fractures. Who did the court order to pay these damages?

A teenage girl ended up being compensated for injuries sustained in an accident caused by her own husband. The woman was a passenger in the car driven by him, and as a result of the accident she suffered multiple injuries.

The court decided that the woman must receive compensation for the torment she endured.

Compensation for an accident caused by your own spouse

In July 2021, the woman was a passenger in the car driven by her husband. On DN 24, in Satu Nou, on the direction of travel from Vaslui to Iași, the man fell asleep at the wheel.

The car left the roadway and hit a bridge head hard. The woman suffered multiple fractures and cracked vertebrae. He needed more than a month of medical care.

But even today he wears a corset with a metal rod to support his spine, and five vertebrae are held in screws. The back pain has become chronic, and both legs go numb every day, he writes The newspaper of Iasiwho discovered this case.

In September last year, the woman addressed the court and requested the granting of moral damages in the amount of over 400,000 lei. The respondent, the insurance company with which her husband had RCA insurance at the time of the accident, proposed instead a 10 times lower compensation.

The court determined how much the woman will be compensated and who pays the money

The trial court rejected both requests of the parties. The judges made their own assessment and determined that the amount of 100,000 lei would represent fair satisfaction.

This money would be paid by the insurance company with which the man had taken out RCA insurance for the vehicle.

However, the decision of the Tribunal was not accepted by the woman, who filed an appeal. The appeal will be analyzed by the magistrates of the Court of Appeal, who will establish a definitive solution.