Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3934

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

English translation of the principle

The State’s obligation to guarantee personal injury. Its prerequisite. Inability to identify the person responsible for the damage or obliged to guarantee it, and the absence of intentional self-injury by the injured party, or if his injury resulted from gross misconduct on his part. Gross misconduct. Its nature. Example: requiring the State to pay full blood money as a result of the deceased’s death from an incendiary object left over from the invasion.
Arabic original
التزام الدولة بضمان أذي النفس. مناطه. تعذر معرفة المسئول عن الضرر أو الملتزم بضمانه وانتفاء تعمد المضرور إصابة نفسه أو إذا كانت إصابته نتيجة سوء سلوك فاحش من جانبه. السلوك الفاحش. ماهيته. مثال: لإلزام الدولة بالدية الكاملة نتيجة وفاة المورث من جسم ناري متخلف عن الغزو.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٢٢/٩٧ مدني جلسة ٢٠/١/١٩٩٨ مج القسم الرابع - المجلد السادس ص ٤٧٩)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 729. PDF pages: 729.

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