Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3942

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 indemnify personal injury. Its criterion. The impossibility of identifying the person responsible for the damage or the person obligated to indemnify it, and the absence of deliberate self-injury by the injured person, or if his injury resulted from gross misconduct on his part. Gross misconduct. Its nature. Example: obligating the State to pay full diya as a result of the deceased predecessor'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: لالزام الدولة بالدية الكاملة نتيجة وفاة المورث من جسم ناري متخلف عن الغزو.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٢٢/١٩٩٧ مدني جلسة ٢٠/١/١٩٩٨ مج القسم الرابع - المجلد الثاني ص ٣٧٧) (والطعن ١٢٧/١٩٩٩ مدني جلسة ٢٩/٥/٢٠٠٠ مج القسم الرابع - المجلد الثاني ص ٣٧٧)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 731. PDF pages: 731.

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