Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 73

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

English translation of the principle

The insurer may have recourse against the insured for compensation paid if the victim's injury and death resulted from the insured's handing over his insured vehicle and his driving it while in a state of manifest intoxication. Basis thereof.
Arabic original
جواز رجوع المؤمن على المؤمن له بما دفعه من تعويض إذا كانت إصابة المجني عليه ووفاته بسبب تسليم المؤمن له سيارته المؤمن عليها وقيادته لها وهو في حالة سكر بين. أساس ذلك.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٢٦٩/٩٨ تجاري جلسة ١٤/١٢/١٩٩٨ مج القسم الرابع - المجلد الثالث ص ٣٣٦)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 21. PDF pages: 21.

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