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(영문) 대법원 1994. 5. 27. 선고 94다6819 판결

[손해배상(자)][공1994.7.1.(971),1824]

Main Issues

A. Legal nature of the victim's right of direct action recognized pursuant to Article 724(2) of the Commercial Act

B. Whether the purport of the above Paragraph (a) is to be bound by the payment criteria in the terms and conditions of comprehensive motor vehicle insurance in calculating the amount of damages that the court should compensate for.

Summary of Judgment

A. The legal nature of the victim’s direct right to claim pursuant to Article 724(2) of the Commercial Act is that the insurer concurrently takes over the insured’s obligation to compensate for damages against the victim, and the victim is the right to claim damages against the insurer, not the insured’s right to claim damages against the insurer, but the right to

B. In calculating the amount of damages that an insurance company should compensate, the purport of the above provision is not to be bound by the standards for payment under the terms and conditions of comprehensive motor vehicle insurance.

[Reference Provisions]

Article 724(2) of the Commercial Act

Reference Cases

[Plaintiff-Appellant] Plaintiff 1 and 1 other (Law Firm Gyeong, Attorneys Park Jong-soo et al., Counsel for plaintiff-appellant)

Plaintiff-Appellee

Plaintiff

Defendant-Appellant

Shindong Fire & Marine Insurance Co., Ltd., Counsel for the plaintiff-appellant

Judgment of the lower court

Seoul High Court Decision 93Na33427 delivered on December 14, 1993

Text

The appeal is dismissed.

The costs of appeal are assessed against the defendant.

Reasons

As to the Grounds of Appeal

In accordance with Article 724 (2) of the Commercial Act, the legal nature of the victim's direct right of action is that the insurer concurrently takes over the obligation of the insured to compensate for damages against the victim, and the victim is the right to claim damages against the insurer and the insured's right to claim damages against the insurer (see Supreme Court Decision 92Da2530 delivered on May 11, 1993). From this point of view, the court below rejected the defendant's assertion that the amount of damages that the defendant is liable to compensate should be limited within the limit of the amount according to the payment criteria (based on comparative negligence, consolation money, funeral expenses, and lost income) under the comprehensive motor vehicle insurance contract (based on comparative negligence, consolation money, funeral expenses, and lost income) on the ground that the above provision does not mean that the payment criteria under the terms and conditions should be bound by the court in calculating the amount of damages that the defendant should compensate, but it is not proper to order the plaintiff to pay damages for delay after the date of the accident in this case to the first instance court.

Therefore, the appeal is dismissed and the costs of appeal are assessed against the losing defendant. It is so decided as per Disposition by the assent of all participating Justices.

Justices Kim Sang-won (Presiding Justice)

심급 사건
-서울고등법원 1993.12.14.선고 93나33427