Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 397

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

English translation of the principle

The contribution of the defendant's fault in a liability action, together with the injured party's own fault, to causing the harm, without either subsuming the other. Its effect. The defendant incurs liability to an extent proportionate to the role of each in causing the harm. - Determining the harm and the extent of the injured party's contribution to causing it, and assessing the material and moral compensation that redresses it. A factual matter for the court of merits. Its condition. Example.
Arabic original
إسهام خطأ المدعى عليه في دعوى المسئولية مع خطأ المضرور نفسه في إحداث الضرر دون أن يستغرق أحدهما الآخر. أثره. انشغال مسئولية المدعى عليه بقدر يتناسب مع دور كل منهما في إحداث الضرر. - تحديد الضرر ومدى مساهمة المضرور في إحداثه وتقدير التعويض المادي والأدبي الجابر له. واقع لمحكمة الموضوع. شرطه. مثال.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٥/٢٠٠٣ تجاري جلسة ٥/١١/٢٠٠٣ مج القسم الخامس - المجلد الرابع ص ٤٨٢)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 84. PDF pages: 84.

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