Liability of Electricity Companies for Damages Resulting from Electrocution under Jordanian Legislation

Hashim Balas1, Mohammad Bani-Meqdad2, Mamoon Suliman Alsmadi3 & Ahmad boutosh4

https://doi.org/10.62271/pjc.16.1.303.312

Abstract
Protecting life from harm is a basic right granted to every individual. This study aims to determine the civil liability of electricity companies resulting from electrocution cases. For civil liability to arise, the harm can be direct or consequential. If it is direct, it must unconditionally be made good, and if it is consequential, three conditions must be met: a wrongful act, deliberate element, and the act led to the damage. The study examined the nature of the electricity company’s liability for damage in light of the law specifying the types of liability
related to this aspect, such as tort liability, which results from a person’s wrongful act. The injured person can file a compensation lawsuit for the damage under the Civil Procedure Code. If the defendant complies willingly to pay an appropriate amount of compensation, there is no longer any need for litigation. The results of this paper suggest the need to add special by-laws addressing civil liability for damages resulting from things or machines under the General Electricity Law. In addition to issuing statutes addressing the criminal liability under the same law.

Keywords: Tort, damage, electricity companies, civil liability, compensation.