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A man received 50,000 lei damages after two pipes fell on his head in Dedeman Băneasa. The decision was appealed. In contrast, in Iasi, the network of stores was forced to pay 6,000 euros to a customer who was injured by another customer. G4Media.ro.
The Bucharest court recently decided that Dedeman should pay the LCA applicant for moral damages amounting to 50,000 lei. As he had requested 600,000 lei in property damage and 400,000 lei in non-pecuniary damage, the case reached the Court of Appeal, mainly because the Bacău company also appealed.
In the action, the plaintiff reported that, on September 29, 2018, he was in the Dedeman Băneasa store in Bucharest to buy construction materials, at which point “in the district with metal pipes, after taking out what he needed from the shelf, without acting in any way on the rest of the products left on the shelf, two metal tubes of 60x40x2, 2 meters long (rectangular), fell on his head in the frontal and parietal area, placing these at a considerable height ”.
The man was taken to hospital and, after the accident, he needed a companion, as he was unable to drive, which complicated the situation for his wife. At the same time, as a result of the accident, he was left with scars in the places where the blows occurred, but the one in the frontal area is visible.
In addition, he claimed that he had lost his job at an insurance company and the trauma he suffered forced him to see a psychologist to treat post-traumatic stress disorder. The man also filed a criminal complaint against the company.
Dedeman argued that the action should be dismissed, but added that, if the appeal is admitted, the pecuniary damage should be reduced only to medical expenses for which a causal link can be established with the fact in the store, and moral damage. be a maximum of 1,000-1,500 euros.
The Court of First Instance held that: ‘it is indisputable that the plaintiff’s accident affected his health and his ability to work in the fields prior to the (insurance) accident’ Therefore, ‘in view of fair reparation for the trauma of the plaintiff as a result of the incident and its consequences, the court considers that the amount of 50,000 lei corresponds to a just and equitable moral compensation ”. The claim for pecuniary damage was rejected. Both parties appealed, the first deadline has not yet been set.
This is the second case in recent years in which Dedeman has been called to trial for such a situation. By final judgment, since November 2018, the Bacău-based company was forced to pay 6,000 euros in non-pecuniary damage to a man from Iași, after a tin sheet in another customer’s car fell and cut it off to one leg.
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