Background

A claimant filed a case against three defendants claiming that she had been hit by a car driven by the first defendant and owned by the second and that the car was insured by an insurance company (third defendant). The claimant stated the accident had caused 96% damage to her.

The court ruled that the insurance company had nothing to do with the case and that the remaining defendants (the driver and the company which owned the car) should jointly pay 500000 AED in compensation.

The claimant and the two defendants appealed the ruling before the court of appeal. The court abandoned the ruling in relation to ordering the car's owner to pay compensation and changed the ruling by increasing the compensation to 709000 AED.

The claimant introduced a plea and requested the court cancel the previous decision to exclude the insurance company from the case. The court accepted the request.