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A dump truck driver died as a result of a workplace accident. The State Inspectorate identified violations on the part of the construction company, including the absence of control over working hours and allowing employees to work under extreme temperature conditions.

Following the incident, the deceased worker’s wife filed a lawsuit seeking compensation for moral damage. She and their three children — one of whom is a disabled child — were left without means of financial support. To help the family, the eldest son had to switch to part-time studies at the institute.

The first-instance court agreed with the arguments regarding the employer’s liability and awarded the plaintiff compensation in the amount of 1.1 million Russian rubles. The appellate and cassation courts upheld this amount without changes.

The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation overturned the previous rulings, stating that the lower courts had approached the case formally and failed to take into account the severity of the consequences for the deceased worker’s family. The highest judicial instance issued a new decision, fully satisfying the claim, and ordered the employer to pay 7 million Russian rubles to the family of Ilyas Aliev.