Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3855

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

English translation of the principle

The criterion for a physician's liability for his fault. Violation of the established principles of medical practice and its fundamental scientific rules through ignorance or carelessness, and the existence of a causal link between this fault entailing the physician's liability and the existence of causation between it and the damage. Inferring it falls within the authority of the trial judge so long as his inference is sound.
Arabic original
مناط مسئولية الطبيب عن خطئه. مخالفة أصول الفن الطبي الثابتة وقواعده العلمية الأساسية عن جهل أو تهاون ووجود رابطة سببية بين هذا الخطأ الموجب لمسئولية الطبيب وقيام السببية بينه وبين الضرر. استخلاصها من سلطة قاضي الموضوع ما دام استخلاصه سائغاً.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٢٧٧/٩٠ تجاري جلسة ٨/٣/١٩٩٢ مج القسم الثالث - المجلد الثالث ص ٨٧٣)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 712. PDF pages: 712.

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