Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1047

Combining the insurance amount and compensation. Impermissible. Reason therefor. It is impermissible to recover for the damage sustained twice, once from the insurer and again from the liable third party. - The general rule is that the insurer may not have recourse against the insured for what it paid him on the basis that he is responsible for the accident. It may have recourse against the third party responsible for the accident by a subrogation action. It may not have recourse against - 190 - Commercial relatives and relatives by marriage who live in the same household with the insured, or persons for whose acts he is responsible. Reason therefor.