What happened?
A client approached ProYuristBy law firm with a request to help win the court case. Our Client was engaged in automobile transportation of passengers: he drove people from the city of Minsk to the city of St. Petersburg. During one of the trips, the bus had an accident. None of the passengers were hurt, but the passengers' belongings were scattered along the road. The drivers and the attendant acted solely according to the instructions: everything was collected and returned to the passengers. But, there was one passenger who, a year after the accident, discovered that he had lost a bag with property worth a total of 2000.00 Belarusian rubles.
What have we done?
We analyzed the statement of claim, all the circumstances of the accident, and also talked with the employees of the Customer, who operated the flight on which the loss occurred. We managed to find out that our Customer did everything right after the accident and no one else lost anything. We also analyzed the legislation and found that the limitation period for such disputes is 1 year from the date of the accident, which has already expired. We made a response to the statement of claim, and also collected all the necessary documents for the court and asked witnesses to come to the court session.
What happened in court?
In court, the Plaintiff maintained his position in the case. The judge tried to find out from the Claimant what exactly was in the bag in the amount of 2000.00 Belarusian rubles. The plaintiff tried to list. It turned out that Claimant wears very expensive clothes and uses very expensive toiletries. Our Client argued that in the event of an accident, the employees did everything right, and also announced the expiration of the limitation period.
What ended?
The court ruled in favor of our Client, the Plaintiff's claims were denied in full.
