Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2406

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

English translation of the principle

A person injured in motor vehicle accidents. He has a direct action against the insurer. The source of the latter’s obligation differing from the source of the tortfeasor’s obligation, and their convergence in compensating the same damage. Its effect. Their liability for the same debt with its attributes. - The tortfeasor’s liability is civil. Consequence thereof: the right established for the injured party is civil and does not yield interest. Article 305, Civil Code. A judgment contravening this. An error in application of the law requiring its partial cassation.
Arabic original
المضرور من حوادث السيارات. له دعوى مباشرة قبل المؤمن. اختلاف مصدر التزام الأخير عن مصدر التزام مرتكب الفعل الضار واجتماعهما في تعويض نفس الضرر. أثره. التزامهما بنفس الدين بما له من صفات. - مسئولية مرتكب الفعل الضار مدنيه. مؤدى ذلك: أن الحق المقرر للمضرور مدني لا ينتج فوائد. م٣٠٥ مدني. مخالفة الحكم ذلك. خطأ في تطبيق القانون يُوجب تمييزه جزئياً.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعنان ٤٢٤، ٤٣٠/٢٠٠١ تجاري جلسة ٣٠/٣/٢٠٠٢ مج القسم الخامس المجلد السابع ص٣١٦)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Two — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 452. PDF pages: 449.

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