Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1378

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

English translation of the principle

Determining the fault giving rise to liability for compensation and the causal relationship between it and the damage is a question of fact which the court of merits independently assesses. The condition for this. - The appellant's injury as a result of a mine explosion in an area whose clearance the Ministry of Defence had entrusted to a foreign company and which lacked any warning signs or surrounding fence. The effect of this. Regarding it as negligence by its subordinate. And regarding it as liable to compensate anyone suffering damage as a result of this fault. The judgment's departure from this view and its dismissal of the action for absence of fault on the Ministry's part. Unsound inference and error in the application of the law.
Arabic original
استخلاص الخطأ الموجب للمسئولية عن التعويض وعلاقة السببية بينه وبين الضرر واقع تستقل محكمة الموضوع بتقديره. شرط ذلك. - إصابة الطاعن نتيجة انفجار لغم بمنطقة أسندت وزارة الدفاع تطهرها لشركة أجنبية وخلت من أي علامات تحذيرية أو سياج حولها. أثر ذلك. اعتباره تقصيراً من تابعها. وعدها مسئولة عن تعويض من لحقه ضرر نتيجة هذا الخطأ. مخالفة الحكم هذا النظر والقضاء برفض الدعوى لانتفاء خطأ الوزارة. فساد في الاستدلال وخطأ في تطبيق القانون.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٤٣/١٩٩٩ مدني جلسة ٢٨/٢/٢٠٠٠ مج القسم الرابع المجلد الرابع ص٢٥٥)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 217. PDF pages: 214.

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