A pilot asks for 6.6 million dirhams in compensation for beating and insulting him inside a restaurant

A pilot of Arab nationality filed a civil lawsuit in which he demanded compensation worth 6.6 million dirhams for physical and moral damages he suffered as a result of being assaulted and insulted by workers in a restaurant. The lawsuit included the company that owns the hotel in which the restaurant is located and its managers, and the court ruled in his favor for compensation worth a total of 55 thousand dirhams.

The facts of the case go back to when the plaintiff, of Arab nationality, was present in the restaurant, and a verbal altercation broke out between him and two employees (the first and second defendants) that evolved into them directing indecent expressions and physically assaulting him using a hard object, which led to him suffering a fractured skull, cerebral trauma, and air accumulation in the head cavity. These are injuries that the forensic report described as incapacitating him from working for a period of more than 20 years. One day.

For its part, the Criminal Court ruled to fine the first defendant 1,000 dirhams for the charge of public insult, and the second 5,000 dirhams for the charge of violating the victim’s bodily integrity. At the appeal stage, the penalty was amended to fine each of them ten thousand dirhams, and the ruling became final after the deadlines for appealing it had passed, according to a certificate issued by the Public Prosecution.

After the criminal ruling was issued, the pilot filed a civil lawsuit against the defendants in addition to the restaurant manager, his partner, and the company that owns the hotel, pointing out that he was financially and morally harmed by the incident, as his injuries affected his professional career as a pilot, and led to his salary being temporarily suspended, and his promotions being postponed for not completing the required flying hours, in addition to his being exposed to difficulties in applying for new jobs due to… The medical restrictions that appeared in his health record, in addition to his suffering from moral damages represented by psychological pain and social suffering that affected his reputation and professional life.

The defendants’ agents argued that some parties were not responsible, as the company that owns the hotel (the fourth defendant) maintained that the restaurant in question did not directly belong to it, while other agents argued that some of the defendants were not responsible.

After examining the case, the court ruled to oblige both the second defendant, “convicted of assault,” and the company that owns the hotel to pay 50,000 dirhams in compensation to the plaintiff. It also obligated the same company and the first defendant, “convicted of committing an insult charge,” to pay compensation worth 5,000 dirhams, in addition to the prescribed legal interest and fees, while the lawsuit against two of the defendants was rejected because their capacity in the incident was not proven.

• The plaintiff suffered a skull fracture, cerebral trauma, and air congestion in the head cavity.