What is the ruling on paying compensation to the injured party in a car accident involving a company vehicle in my possession? Is it obligatory for me to pay it, or for the company?
If you cause an accident with the company car you use for your work, you bear responsibility for the damages incurred by others if the fault was yours, and the company does not bear your fault. For "liability is on the one who causes damage," and "a like is guaranteed by a like, and a valuable is guaranteed by its value." This includes the adult and the sane, and even the minor and the insane, as the guarantee for damages is from the property of the one who caused the damage himself, because damaging property is the same whether done intentionally or by mistake, and the lifting of the pen from these individuals does not relate to guaranteeing the rights of human beings. However, if the employer voluntarily pays, there is no objection.
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