FINLAND MOTOR INSURANCE
March 1st, 2005
BY KEITH NUTHALLEUROPEAN Union (EU) courts can excuse insurers from having to pay compensation payments owed by motor policyholders when their victims are partly to blame for a road accident, a European Court of Justice (ECJ) official has concluded. Advocate general Leendert Geelhoed said national court judges should decide such cases, unfettered by EU directives on insurance and civil liability. He added that in such cases, vehicle owners (when not driving) should receive the same treatment as other passengers, over insurance policy handouts. The case centres on ...
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