The court reduced the payment fell from the bus passenger in Yekaterinburg

The Sverdlovsk Regional Court considered the appeal of the transport company in the case of compensation for harm to a passenger who suffered during disembarkation from a bus in Yekaterinburg, the press service of the courts of the Sverdlovsk region reports.

The incident occurred in May 2025 at a bus stop: the bus driver closed the doors without making sure that all passengers got out. As a result, one of the women was trapped by the doors, fell on the roadway and was injured. The victim was taken to hospital, where she was given first aid and prescribed outpatient treatment. Doctors qualified the damage as a health hazard of moderate severity.

An administrative case was initiated against the driver. The court found him guilty under Part 2 of Art. 12.24 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation and deprived him of his driving license for 1 year and 6 months.

The victim filed a lawsuit against the owner of the bus – LLC PATP “City”, where the culprit of the accident was employed. The woman demanded compensation for moral damage, reimbursement of expenses for treatment, purchase of clothes and shoes, as well as compensation for lost earnings.

The Chkalovskiy District Court of Yekaterinburg partially satisfied the plaintiff’s claims: 800 thousand rubles were recovered in favor of the woman as compensation for moral damage, and also covered the costs of medicines, lost earnings, a fine and legal costs.

OOO PATP City did not agree with the amount of compensation and filed an appeal. The company considered the amount disproportionate to the suffering of the plaintiff and indicated that the court did not take into account mitigating circumstances - in particular, the driver's apology and first aid provided on the spot.

The court confirmed that the harm to the health of the passenger is directly related to the actions of the employee of the enterprise. At the same time, when reviewing the amount of compensation, the board took into account a number of circumstances: the refusal of the victim from hospitalization, the assessment of her condition during the initial examination, the nature and localization of injuries, the duration of the health disorder and the individual characteristics of the woman. As a result, the amount of compensation for moral damage was reduced to 500 thousand rubles. The other claims of the plaintiff were left unchanged. The decision has entered into force.

In September 2025, “MK-Ural” wrote that the pensioner fell out of the bus route No054. The incident occurred on Lenin Avenue, near the Post Office. The pensioner fell under the wheel of the bus. The driver did not see the victim and continued on his way.