作者:梁燕玲 杨春晖 金杜律师事务所商务合规部

外卖骑士在工作期间出现交通事故,赔偿责任有时候由外卖平台承担,有时候要骑士自身承担,有时候还由不知名的第三方承担。到底谁来承担赔偿责任,受害人应该向谁主张权利,这本来应该是一个有规可循的事情,因为,根据《侵权责任法》的基本原则,当存在“用工关系”(包括劳动关系、劳务关系、雇佣关系以及劳务派遣关系)时,执行工作任务的人员对他人造成损害的,由分配工作任务的单位(统称“用工单位”)承担侵权责任。但如今,外卖骑士与外卖平台之间的关系五花八门,外卖骑士引起的损害赔偿责任谁来承担,也变得不那么简单。
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By Linda Liang, Yang Chunhui King & Wood Mallesons’ Commercial & Regulatory group

If couriers have any traffic accident when delivering services, the compensation liability may sometimes be borne by the takeout platform, or sometimes by couriers themselves, or even by an unknown third party. In principle, there should be rules to govern the apportion of the compensation liability, for according to the basic principles of Tort Law, when a worker in “working relationship” (including labor relationship, service relationship,employment relationship and labor dispatch relationship) causes damage to others during delivery of work, the party assigning the work ( “employer”) shall bear the tort liability. However, now the relationship between couriers and takeout platforms is so complex that the question who should bear the liability also becomes complex.
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