Supreme Court Ruling: If Someone Else Causes An Accident While Using A Disabled Person’s Vehicle, They Cannot Benefit From Insurance Coverage
SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS 17th Civil Chamber
2016/15663 E.
2017/7899 K.
COURT: Civil Court of First Instance
Following the trial of the compensation case between the parties, the decision to dismiss the case was appealed by the plaintiff’s attorney within the prescribed time limit for the reasons stated in the decision. The case file was reviewed, and the following decision was reached:
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The plaintiff’s attorney stated that his client, who is over 90% disabled, purchased a vehicle with license plate number … exempt from special consumption tax and insured it with the defendant company under insurance policy number 10…4. The vehicle in question was being driven and managed by a person named … who was following up on his client’s business when, on 05/09/2015, it was damaged in a single-vehicle traffic accident on the … on the highway as a result of a single-vehicle traffic accident, and requested that the defendant company be ordered to pay a total of 2,500.00 TL from the defendant company, including advance interest from the date of the accident.
The defendant’s attorney argued for the dismissal of the case.
The court dismissed the case based on the allegations, defense, and evidence gathered; the ruling was appealed by the plaintiff’s attorney.
Based on the information and documents in the file, and considering that there is no procedural or legal violation in the discussion and evaluation of the evidence relied upon in the court’s reasoning, all appeals of the plaintiff’s attorney that were deemed unfounded were rejected, and the ruling, which was found to be in accordance with procedure and law, was APPROVED, and it was unanimously decided on 09/19/2017 that the remaining approval fee of 2.20 TL, the breakdown of which is written below, be collected from the appellant plaintiff.