Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3825

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

English translation of the principle

Gross and intentional misconduct on the injured person’s part that relieves the direct actor of liability. Its nature. - The judgment’s statement in its reasons that the state of manifest intoxication of the respondents’ predecessor while driving - 704 - Obligation the vehicle does not constitute evidence of gross misconduct on his part. This vitiates it with an error in applying the law and defective reasoning.
Arabic original
سوء السلوك الفاحش والمقصود من جانب المصاب والذي يرفع المسئولية عن كاهل المباشر. ماهيته. - إيراد الحكم بمدوناته أن حالة السكر البين التي كان عليها مورث المطعون ضدهما حال قيادته - ٧٠٤ - التزام للسيارة لا تقوم دليلاً على توافر سوء السلوك الفاحش قبله. يعيبه بالخطأ في تطبيق القانون والفساد في الاستدلال.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٢٣٨/٩٨ مدني جلسة ١/١١/١٩٩٩ مج القسم الرابع - المجلد السادس ص ٤٧٤)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 704. PDF pages: 704–705.

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