Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4167

The State’s guarantee. Its nature. A subsidiary guarantee enabling the injured party to obtain compensation for his injury where no other person is obliged to compensate for the same damage. - A worker’s injury caused by and during work. Entails the employer’s guarantee, and the injured party has no right against the State as subsidiary guarantor. Its implication. A person who has paid the injured party may not recover what he paid from the State, whether through a subrogation action or pursuant to an assignment of rights. The reason for this. Neither subrogation nor assignment encounters any subject matter.