High Court of Karnataka Enhances Compensation for Injured Claimant in Motor Vehicle Accident, Reduces Contributory Negligence from 50% to 25%. Claimant motorcyclist sustained fracture of femur after hitting a parked tractor-trailer without lights; Court held that the driver of the parked vehicle was primarily negligent and reduced claimant's contributory negligence to 25%, enhancing compensation from Rs.2,95,000 to Rs.5,00,000 under Section 173(1) of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988.
29 Nov 2023The appellant, Muttappa @ Muttu, was riding a motorcycle on 07.10.2018 when he dashed into a parked tractor-trailer that was negligently parked withou...
