Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1701

The direct actor’s obligation to compensate. The condition for its arising. Where the act he personally performed itself brought about the damage and caused it without an intermediary and without another’s intervention between his act and the damage. Example: the deceased’s car swerving left from its course and colliding with the accused’s car, resulting in death. The import thereof. Negating the accused’s characterization as a direct actor, so that he is not obliged to compensate. - See also: Liability, Compensation for Personal Injury, Direct Actor, Blood Money. - The State’s obligation of subsidiary compensation: