Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3819

The direct actor is liable to indemnify even if he acted neither intentionally nor wrongfully. - Definition of the direct actor under Sharia. The distinction between direct action and indirect causation. - The direct actor's liability is based on directly causing damage, not on fault. The effect of this. His liability is not negated as a consequence of the absence of his fault, even if he was acquitted criminally and the civil action for provisional compensation was dismissed. - The motorcycle driven by the female victim colliding with the car while it was travelling through the intersection. Its implication. The car's movement brought about the damage without an intermediary, thereby conferring the character of direct actor on the car's driver. The judgment's contravention of this. An error in the application of the law requiring its cassation.