Personal Injury Appeal Over Force Majeure Braking Failure

A plaintiff, seeking damages for a personal injury sustained in a traffic accident involving a vehicle driven by the defendant, appealed a lower court's decision that dismissed their claim based on the defendant's successful assertion of the defense of *force majeure*, arguing the accident was caused by an unforeseeable and irresistible event. The high court rejected the appeal, upholding the finding that the event—a sudden, inexplicable mechanical failure of the vehicle's braking system, which the driver could not have reasonably anticipated or prevented—constituted *force majeure*, thereby relieving the driver of civil liability for the resulting damages under the relevant traffic legislation.