Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 746

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

English translation of the principle

The difference between the subject matter of the worker's heirs' action for compensation for material and moral damage from the loss of their deceased. Articles 14,2 of Law 6 of 1961, and their action for the lump-sum compensation due for their deceased's injury pursuant to Article 65 - 148 - Obligation of the Labour Law. Awarding compensation in both actions and not treating it as combining two compensations for a single damage. Reason for this.
Arabic original
اختلاف موضوع دعوى ورثة العامل بالتعويض عن الضرر المادي والأدبي لفقد مورثهم. م١٤،٢ ق ٦ لسنة ١٩٦١ عن دعواهم بالتعويض الجزافي المستحق عن إصابة مورثهم اعمالا للمادة ٦٥ - ١٤٨ - التزام من قانون العمل. الحكم بالتعويض في الدعويين وعدم اعتباره جمعاً بين تعويضين عن ضرر واحد، علة ذلك.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٨١/٨٣ تجاري جلسة ١٧/٢/١٩٨٢ مج القسم الأول - المجلد الأول ص ٥٢٤)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 148. PDF pages: 148–149.

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