Court holds waste collection firm, driver responsible in biker’s death, orders Rs42.7m compensation

Court holds waste collection firm, driver responsible in biker’s death, orders Rs42.7m compensation

The Senior Civil Judge South has ordered the garbage collection truck company and one of their drivers to pay Rs42.7 million in compensation to the family of a man who was crushed by a garbage collection vehicle. Announcing the verdict, eight years after the accident, the court ordered the defendants to pay the compensation to the plaintiffs within one month. The court held the truck owners, Nisar Jan and Co and driver Daniel Masih, responsible …

Karachi Court orders Rs42.7 million compensation in fatal truck case

KARACHI: A local court has ordered a waste management company and its driver to jointly pay Rs42.7 million in compensation to the family of a motorcyclist who was killed after being hit by a garbage truck in North Karachi eight years ago. The verdict, issued by Senior Civil Judge (South) Sheikh Abbas Mehdi, follows a civil suit filed in 2017 under the Fatal Accidents Act, 1855, which had been transferred from the Sindh High Court earlier this ye…