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(영문) 대법원 1990. 4. 10. 선고 89다카27093 판결

[손해배상(자)][공1990.6.1.(873),1054]

Main Issues

Whether the actual income or the loss of the party in the retirement allowance calculated on the basis of the salary system to be changed in the future or the wage income to be increased is an ordinary loss (affirmative)

Summary of Judgment

Since the loss equivalent to the lost profit calculated based on the salary system or the wage profit to be changed in the future corresponds to the ordinary damage caused by the illegal act in question, if there is a change in the salary system after the accident and the increase in the salary due to the salary grade, the loss equivalent to the lost profit or the lost wage calculated based on the changed or increased wage amount, as above, shall be considered as ordinary damages, and shall not be considered as damages due to special circumstances.

[Reference Provisions]

Articles 763 and 393 of the Civil Act

Reference Cases

Supreme Court en banc Decision 86Meu676 Decided December 26, 1989 (Gong1990, 350) decided April 10, 1990 (Dong)

Plaintiff-Appellant

D. Sil-leap

Defendant-Appellee

Dong Asia Construction Industry Corporation (Attorney Lee Young-gu, Counsel for defendant-appellant)

Judgment of the lower court

Seoul High Court Decision 88Na14545 delivered on August 31, 1989

Text

The part of the lower judgment against the Plaintiff regarding property damage shall be reversed, and that part of the case shall be remanded to the Seoul High Court.

Reasons

We examine the grounds of appeal.

1. On the second ground for appeal:

The court below acknowledged the facts leading up to the accident of this case as at the time of the first trial, and ruled that the rate of the plaintiff's negligence in the accident of this case is reasonable to be determined at 10% in total. In light of the records, the court below was just and there is no violation of the rules of evidence such as theory of lawsuit, and there is no violation of the rules of evidence against the rules of evidence such as theory of lawsuit. If the circumstances leading up to the accident of this case are the same as the original adjudication, the court below's judgment that deemed the plaintiff's negligence in the accident of this case as 10% in its opinion is acceptable,

2. On the third ground for appeal

In light of Article 90 of the Rules of Employment (Evidence A23) of the defendant company, since the retirement age of class 2 employees is set at 55 years of age, the court below is just until the plaintiff's retirement age reaches 55 years of age, and there is no error of incomplete deliberation or violation of precedents.

3. On the first ground for appeal:

According to the reasoning of the judgment of the court below, the court below asserted that there was a change in the salary system for the defendant company on May 1, 1986 and April 1, 1989 with respect to the employees on several occasions, and there was an increase in salary under salary grade, so the plaintiff's daily income or retirement allowance calculation should be based on the amount of benefits adjusted as above, as alleged in the plaintiff's statement during the above period, although it can be recognized that there was a change in the salary system and the increase in salary amount as alleged in the plaintiff's statement during the above period, there was no data on the special circumstance that the defendant knew, or could have known, such change or increase, etc., at the time of the accident, and therefore the plaintiff's above assertion is rejected.

In addition, since the loss equivalent to the lost profit calculated based on the salary system to be changed in the future or the wage profit to be increased corresponds to the ordinary loss caused by the tort in question (see Supreme Court Decision 88Meu6761 delivered on December 26, 1989), the loss of the plaintiff's principal corresponds to the ordinary loss and it cannot be viewed as the loss caused by special circumstances.

The court below rejected the plaintiff's claim on the ground that there is no evidence that the defendant knew or could have known the special circumstances, and there is an error of law by misunderstanding the legal principles as to the scope of compensation for damages. Therefore, the argument that points this out is justified.

4. Therefore, the part of the judgment of the court below regarding property damage is reversed, and this part of the case is remanded to the court below. It is so decided as per Disposition by the assent of all participating Justices on the bench.

Justices Yoon So-young (Presiding Justice)

심급 사건
-서울고등법원 1989.8.31.선고 88나14545