In Elets, the culprit of the accident will pay almost a million rubles in excess of insurance

In Yelets, the court ordered the perpetrator of the accident to pay the owner of the damaged car almost 978 thousand rubles in addition to insurance compensation. Another 35 thousand rubles were recovered from him for court expenses, the joint press service of the judicial system of the Lipetsk region reported.

The accident occurred in November 2025. In the accident suffered a car Xcite X-Cross 7. The examination showed that the cost of repair exceeded the market price of the machine. The insurance company paid the owner the maximum provided 400 thousand rubles, but this amount was not enough to cover the damage.

The owner of the car appealed to the court, demanding to recover from the culprit the difference between the damage caused and the insurance payment, as well as compensate for legal costs.

When calculating, the court took into account the cost of the car at the time of the accident, deducted the price of residues suitable for further use and the received insurance. This approach is used when the car is completely destroyed.

As a result, 977,843 rubles of material damage and another 35 thousand rubles of legal expenses were recovered from the culprit.