Woman sues workshop, technician for damaging her car in Al Ain

Aya El Deeb, Staff Reporter

A woman filed a lawsuit before the Al Ain Court of First Instance, against a car workshop and one of its technicians, demanding that they pay her Dhs47,000 and Dhs10,000 in compensation for the psychological damage she incurred.

The appellant explained that she had put her 2016 model car in the workshop, to be modified inside and out to the 2021 model, but that did not happen and she had to take the car to another workshop, to which she paid Dhs47,000 to make the modifications.

The appellant indicated that the owner of the workshop and the technician received Dhs9,500 from her and carried out an external transformation of her vehicle in a random and unprofessional way, and did not perform the internal transformation, which caused her damage and damage to the car.

The judge delegated an engineering expert, who concluded that the agreement between the two parties to modify the car was verbal and not documented by a contract or bond.

He affirmed the low quality of the work the appellee carried out, pointing out that the car is valid for use, and that the appellees received Dhs9,000 from the appellant.

The expert also indicated that the works completed by the workshop are estimated at 50% of the agreed amount, then the court obligated the workshop and the technician to pay Dhs500 to the appellant and 2% legal interest based on the fact that she paid them Dhs9,000 and that her car was modified with Dhs8,500.

The court also obligated the appellees to pay the woman Dhs1,500 in compensation in addition to the fees and expenses of the lawsuit and lawyer’s fees.