Reply of the Supreme People's Court on whether the property losses in traffic accidents include the losses caused by the stopping of damaged vehicles.

(1999 1 adopted by the Supreme People's Court judicial Committee at its meeting1042nd [1999] No.5).

Jilin Provincial Higher People's Court:

Your request for instructions on whether property losses in traffic accident damage compensation include indirect losses has been received. After study, the reply is as follows:

The second and third paragraphs of Article 117 of the General Principles of the Civil Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) stipulate: "If the property of the state or the collective or the property of others is damaged, it shall be restored to its original state or compensated at a discount." If the victim suffers other heavy losses as a result, the infringer should also compensate for the losses. Therefore, in a case of compensation for damages caused by a traffic accident, if the victim claims that the damaged vehicle is being used for cargo transportation or passenger transportation business activities, the person responsible for the traffic accident should compensate for the losses caused by the stoppage of the damaged vehicle during the repair period.

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