Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 655

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

English translation of the principle

The insurance contract’s inclusion of the insurer’s right of recourse against the insured for the value of compensation it may have paid in the event of accepting more passengers than permitted for the vehicle. Article 76 of the Implementing Regulations of the Traffic Law. Its inclusion of private vehicles. The reason therefor: additional passengers increase the likelihood and extent of risk and increase the insurer’s burdens agreed upon in the insurance contract.
Arabic original
تضمن عقد ا لتأمين حق المؤمن في الرجوع على المؤمن له بقيمة ما يكون قد أداه من تعويض في حالة قبول ركاب أكثر من المقرر للسيارة. م ٧٦ من اللائحة التنفيذية لقانون المرور. شموله السيارة الخاصة. علة ذلك: زيادة الركاب تزيد احتمالات الخطر ومداه ويزيد أعباء المؤمن المتفق عليها بعقد التأمين.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٦٩/٨٦ تجاري جلسة ١٨/٢/١٩٨٧ مج القسم الثاني - المجلد الثاني ص ٢٤٣)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 133. PDF pages: 133.

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