Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3581

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

English translation of the principle

Liability of the custodian of things. Its basis. Negation of this liability. Its condition. The court of merits. Its authority in assessing the existence of a causal relationship between the act of the thing and the damage, or whether an external cause exists. Its condition.
Arabic original
مسئولية حارس الأشياء. مناطها. إنتفاء هذه المسئولية. شرطه. محكمة الموضوع. سلطتها في تقديرها قيام علاقة السببية بين فعل الشيء وبين الضرر أو توافر السبب الأجنبي من عدمه. شرطه.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٥٢/٨٧ مدني جلسة ٧/٣/١٩٨٨ مج القسم الثاني - المجلد الثالث ص ٧٦٥)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 660. PDF pages: 660.

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