BENGALURU: The insuree not being behind the wheel and someone else driving at the time of the accident are no grounds to deny motor insurance claim for a damaged vehicle, a city consumer court recently observed. The case pertained to a Bengalurean whose car was damaged in a crash that happened after a hotel parking attendant drove it away without the owner’s knowledge in Thiruvananthapuram, where he was on a business visit.
The court ordered the insurer to pay over Rs 6.8 lakh in claim money with interest, and ordered the hotel owner, parking contractor and a hotel aggregator to jointly and severally bear the rest of the damage cost. The vehicle’s repair bill had touched Rs 9.5 lakh. Insuree is a person who buys insurance for his vehicle.
