KCC 2413/2013

This case involved a claim by an employer against an insurance company for compensation it had already paid to an employee injured in a road traffic accident. There was employee insurance in place and the company had a right to claim a refund of the money it had paid.

Background

A company filed a case against an insurance company and requested the court to order the company to pay an amount of money. The company stated it had paid compensation to a person who was injured in a car accident where the car was insured by the insurance company.

The court rejected the case.

The company appealed the ruling before he court of appeal. The court upheld the appealed ruling.

Decision

The company appealed the ruling before the court of cassation and stated in its grounds of appeal that the ruling had erred in the application of law and that it had paid compensation in accordance with the employment insurance documents. The company stated since it paid the compensation to the damaged person, it had the right to claim the amount it had paid from the insurance company.