Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 481

Absence of civil liability—by a final criminal judgment—of the driver who negligently caused the death of the appellants' predecessor, owing to the existence of an extraneous cause. This cause does not negate the driver's liability as the direct actor. Article 255 Civil Code. Liability therein is confined to personal injury. Article 258 Civil Code, and diya is payable in whole or in part. The judgment's award of Sharia diya against the direct actor causing the damage and its refusal to award compensation against him owing to the absence of fault on his part. No contradiction. The challenge thereto. Incorrect.