In Naberezhnye Chelny, the owner of a Kia Sportage pursued compensation from the proprietor of a building after a sign advertising OSAGO insurance toppled onto parked vehicles. The incident was reported by KAMAZ News. The event highlights the risk that advertising structures can pose to people and property when not properly secured or maintained.
At the building where the OSAGO 24 sign collapsed onto the roof in May 2022, two insurers were operating in parallel, Insur 24 and Sila 90. Neither company accepted the advertising design as their own, and both defended their stance in court. Ultimately, the court held the building owner responsible for the damage, ordering payment of 338,000 rubles to cover the repairs to the cars damaged by the falling sign. The ruling emphasized that the owner failed to exercise due care in maintaining the property and did not take all reasonable measures to regulate the placement of advertisements effectively. The decision was reported by chelny-biz.ru and provides a clear example of how property owners may bear liability when advertising structures are not properly managed.
In a separate case from the Yaroslavl region, a court reached a different outcome, ordering the owner of an older Toyota imported from Abkhazia to pay 2.8 million rubles. This reminder of costlier consequences underscores the precise legal standards applied to commercial signage and the importance of diligent maintenance across different jurisdictions.