Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1032

The insurer’s right of recourse against the insured to recover any compensation it has paid if it is established that the driver, whether the insured or a person permitted to drive the vehicle, caused the accident while in an abnormal condition due to intoxication. The prerequisite for this recourse. Proof that the insured permitted and approved the violation, expressly or implicitly. Inference of such permission. A matter of fact. Invoking the vehicle owner’s liability as its custodian in this context. No basis for it. The reason for this.