Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 106

State of Kuwait · Civil Matters — Volume 11 · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

Liability of the custodian of things. Based on presumed fault that admits no proof to the contrary. Exclusion of this liability. Its condition. The custodian must prove that the harm occurred through an extraneous cause. Nature of an extraneous cause. - The challenged judgment's justification of its ruling—establishing the vehicle driver's liability as custodian of things—by grounds incapable of establishing a causal link between the act of the thing and the occurrence of harm and the absence of an extraneous cause, while acknowledging the injured party's fault. Defective reasoning and erroneous application of the law. - 28 - Obligation
Arabic original
مسئولية حارس الأشياء. أساسها خطأ مفترض لا يقبل إثبات العكس. نفي هذه المسئولية. شرطه. إثبات الحارس أن وقوع الضرر كان بسبب أجنبي. ماهية السبب الأجنبي. - تبرير الحكم المطعون فيه لقضائه - بتوافر مسئولية قائد السيارة كحارس للأشياء - بما لا يصلح لتوافر علاقة السببية بين فعل الشيء ووقوع الضرر وانتفاء السبب الأجنبي مع تسليمه بخطأ المضرور. فساد في الاستدلال وخطأ في تطبيق القانون. - ٢٨ - التزام
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٢٨٧/٢٠٠٠ مدني جلسة ١١/٣/٢٠٠٢ مج القسم الخامس - المجلد الرابع ص ٤٥٥)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 28. PDF pages: 28.

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