Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1666

State of Kuwait · Civil Matters — Volume 10 · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

Causal connection in civil liability. The criterion for its existence. Fault productive of harm. Its nature. Multiplicity of faults. Its effect. They are regarded as independent, mutually supporting causes among all of which liability is apportioned, and the greatest fault does not alone bear it. - The gravity of the most serious fault does not absorb other independent faults. The exception. Its sufficiency to produce the result without contribution from other faults.
Arabic original
رابطة السببية في المسئولية المدنية. مناط قيامها. الخطأ المنتج للضرر. ماهيته. تعدد الأخطاء. أثره. اعتبارها أسباباً مستقلة متساندة تتوزع المسئولية عليها جميعاً ولا ينفرد بها الخطأ الأكبر وحده. - جسامة الخطأ الأشد لا يستغرق غيره من الأخطاء المستقلة. الاستثناء. كفايته لإحداث النتيجة دون مساهمة أخطاء أخرى.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٠١/٩٧ مدني جلسة ٤/٥/١٩٩٨ مج القسم الرابع - المجلد السادس ص ٤٢٠)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 327. PDF pages: 327.

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