Mercedes vehicle logo (the picture is not directly related to the driver). Reuters = Yonhap News
Because of the lack of illegal parking, the court refused to accept the claim of the Mercedes owner who demanded compensation for damages, saying that the vehicle was damaged in the process of towing.
法 “Difficult to acknowledge Mercedes damage when towed”
According to the court on the 9th, the Civil 34 Exclusive Court of the Seoul Central District Court ruled against the plaintiff in a lawsuit for damages of 83 million won by Mercedes-Benz Chaju A against Seoul City, Guro-gu, Guro-gu Facility Management Corporation, and tow vehicle companies.
A, who used a Mercedes car as a lease, parked in the parking lot in front of the apartment in Guro-gu in December 2019.
However, this was a parking space for residents operated by the Guro-gu Facility Management Corporation. On the same day, a member of the enforcement agency who was dispatched to report the residents assigned to the area confirmed the violation and ordered the Mercedes vehicle to move according to the Road Traffic Act.
A vehicle towing company commissioned by Guro-gu moved Mr. A’s Mercedes vehicle to the Guro vehicle towing store, about 3.7 km away from the parking lot. On the same day, Mr. A went to the storage room and found the Mercedes vehicle again, but claimed that the engine stopped 20 minutes after the operation and could no longer operate. The cause was the breakage of the air oil cooler.
Mr. A said, “When getting off the tow vehicle, the lock was quickly released, and the T-bar jumped up and impacted the oil cooler under the Mercedes vehicle, and it was damaged.” Filed a lawsuit.
However, the court did not accept Mr. A’s argument. The court judged based on the advice of experts, “There is a possibility that the vehicle in this case, which is made of a car body that is considerably lower than that of a general vehicle, was damaged by an external shock received while driving.”
“It is not enough to use this as a basis for acknowledging this as the fault of the towing vehicle company.” “He ruled like this.
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