Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 343

State of Kuwait · Pleadings — Part One · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

The direct actor's liability to compensate for personal injury. The condition for its establishment: where the act personally performed by that actor itself brought about the harm and caused it without an intermediary. Where the movement of a vehicle is the act of its owner, the owner is considered the direct actor in respect of every harm resulting from that movement's direct contribution to causing it. Article 255 of the Civil Code. Example: concerning the establishment of the direct actor's liability.
Arabic original
مسئولية المباشر عن ضمان أذى النفس. شرط تحققها: إذا كان فعله الذي باشره بنفسه قد جلب بذاته الضرر وكان سبباً له دون واسطة. حركة السيارة إذا كانت من فعل صاحبها فإنه يعد مباشراً لكل ضرر ينجم عن تدخل تلك الحركة في إحداثه تدخلاً مباشراً. المادة ٢٥٥ مدني. مثال: بشأن تحقق مسئولية المباشر.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١١٣١/٢٠٠٨ تجاري جلسة ٥/١١/٢٠٠٩ مجلة القضاء والقانون س ٣٧ ج ٣ ص ١٠٧)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part One — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 408. PDF pages: 402.

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