机动车交通事故责任纠纷案件侵权人住所地管辖的理解与适用

Understanding and Application of Jurisdiction Over the Domicile of Tortfeasors in Motor Vehicle Traffic Accident Liability Disputes

机动车交通事故责任纠纷属侵权纠纷,应由侵权行为地或者被告住所地人民法院管辖。在司法实践中,部分诉讼当事人选择向保险公司住所地提起诉讼。然而,保险公司在案件中既不是具体侵权行为的实施者,也不承担案件侵权赔偿责任。保险公司对受害者所承担的责任实质是为侵权者代为赔付侵权赔偿保险金,被列为共同被告是为便于行使抗辩权、查清事实,系立法上的直接规定,此举并没有突破侵权行为或者侵权法律关系的立法界限。故而,保险公司所在地不应作为机动车交通事故责任纠纷的受诉法院。

A dispute over liability for a motor vehicle traffic accident is a tort dispute and shall be under the jurisdiction of the people's court in the place where the tort is committed or where the defendant has his domicile.In judicial practice,some litigants choose to file a lawsuit to the domicile of the insurance company.However,in the case,the insurance company is neither the implementer of the specific infringement nor the tort liability of the case.The essence of the liability of the insurance company to the victim is to pay the tort compensation insurance money on behalf of the infringer,and it is listed as the co-defendant to exercise the right of contest and find out the facts,which is a direct provision in legislation and does not break the legislative boundary of tort or tort legal relationship.Therefore,the local court of the insurance company should not be the accepting court for the liability dispute of motor vehicle traffic accident.