KCC 190/2014
This case involved whether a company should pay blood money for an individual injured at work. A key point was that there was a criminal ruling had been issued against the employees. The company was responsible for their subordinates actions as the incident took place during their work.
Background
The court of cassation said that the appealed ruling had concluded that the company (the appellant) was responsible for paying blood money to the heirs of the injured person. The court said that the documents of the case revealed that the person who caused the damage was the employees in the mentioned company and that the incident took place during work. The court said that a criminal ruling had already issued against the employees. The court said that the company should bear responsibility for the actions of its subordinates.
Decision
The court said that the company's defence that the dependency relationship between the company and the employee dud not exist was irrelevant in this regard.
The court dismissed the appeal.