The Court of Lleida has condemned the operating company of the Alcarràs circuit to pay 145,500 euros in compensation to the widow and son of a 44-year-old man who died after suffering an accident during a kart race in 2016.
The accident occurred on March 28 of that year at the Alcarràs circuit, which was rented for private sessions. The driver crashed into a concrete wall after his vehicle suffered a brake failure. The victim was transferred to the hospital and ended up dying on April 2.
The Court rejects the company's appeal
The civil section of the Court rejected in mid-March the appeal filed by the company responsible for the installation. In this way, the court maintains its criterion on the responsibility for the accident, although the judicial resolution is still not final and can be appealed in cassation before the Supreme Court.
The investigation by the Mossos d'Esquadra concluded that there was malpractice in the maintenance of the kart, a circumstance that caused the brake pads to fly off. That mechanical failure left the driver without braking capacity before the impact.
Shared responsibility for the accident
The Court maintains the concurrence of faults and sets a 55% of responsibility for the victim and 45% for the company. The court attributes responsibility to the circuit operator by understanding that the perimeter of the track did not have safety barriers capable of reducing the severity of the accident.
That point is decisive in the resolution, since the crash occurred against a concrete wall in an area where there were no protective elements that would cushion the impact.
The personal insurance does not reduce the compensation
The sentence also resolves another of the issues discussed in the procedure. The Court considers that the 12,000 euros collected by the widow through a personal accident insurance cannot be deducted from the compensation set for civil liability.
With this pronouncement, the court confirms the obligation to compensate the family in the established amount, awaiting if any of the parties decides to take the case to the Supremo.