DCC 273/2005
Background
An insurance company filed action No 1736/2002 against the Appellant, a hotel, demanding 86,085 AED and 12% interest as of the date the action was filed until payment.
The Plaintiff explained that the hotel rented apartment No 42 to house their employees from 01/01/2001 until 31/12/2001 and on 12/08/2001, the apartment caught fire which burned the furniture and equipment in the apartment. The forensic report showed that the fire started due to an electrical fault caused by a video used by the Defendant.
Whereas the apartment was insured at the company for the benefit of the insured, the owner of the apartment, they paid the compensation for the damages caused due to the fire to the heirs of the owner and substituted them against the Defendant asking for payment.