Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3826

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

English translation of the principle

The direct perpetrator in Islamic Sharia jurisprudence. His nature. - Treating the movement of a vehicle as an act of its owner. Its effect. Treating him as the direct perpetrator of every injury resulting from that movement's direct involvement in causing it. - Gross misconduct that relieves the direct perpetrator of liability. Its nature. An example of the absence of gross misconduct where the deceased predecessor of the two respondents swerved his vehicle from the left lane to the right lane without due attention as a result of a sudden malfunction of his vehicle.
Arabic original
المباشر في فقه الشريعة الإسلامية. ماهيته. - اعتبار حركة السيارة من فعل صاحبها. أثره. عدهّ مباشراً لكل ضرر ينجم عن تدخل تلك الحركة في إحداثه تدخلاً مباشراً. - السلوك الفاحش الذي ترتفع به مسئولية المباشر. ماهيته. مثال لانتفاء السلوك الفاحش لانحراف مورث المطعون ضدهما بسيارته من المسار الأيسر إلى المسار الأيمن دون تبصر نتيجة العطل المفاجئ لسيارته.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٢٥٥/١٩٩٨ مدني جلسة ٢٢/١١/١٩٩٩ 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 705. PDF pages: 705.

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