Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 547

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

English translation of the principle

Entitlement to diya or part thereof does not preclude compensation for another injury in itself, so long as their subject matter is not one and the same. The basis thereof. An example concerning loss of the ability to articulate and speak, loss of the ability to have sexual intercourse or procreate, and paralysis of the limbs.
Arabic original
استحقاق دية أو جزء منها لا يحول دون التعويض عن إصابة أخرى في ذاتها. ما دام محلهما ليس واحداً. أساس ذلك. مثال بشأن فقد القدرة على النطق والكلام وعن فقد القدرة على الجماع أو الإنجاب وعن شلل الأطراف.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعنان ٧٥٢/٩٩، ٨/٢٠٠٠ تجاري جلسة ١١/٦/٢٠٠٠ مج القسم الرابع - المجلد الرابع ص ٨٥١)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 110. PDF pages: 110.

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