Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1052

The trial judge has authority to interpret contracts and draw such inferences as may be drawn from them. An example of interpreting the clauses contained in an insurance contract. - The driver of the insured vehicle allowing someone to ride on its outer door is not one of the cases stipulated in Article 76 of the Executive Regulations of the Traffic Law. Recourse by the insurer against the insured for the compensation it paid to the victim’s heirs in that case. Impermissible. Where that case does not fall within the restrictions stipulated in the insurance policy. No scope for applying the provisions governing a principal’s liability for the acts of his subordinate or direct causation. The reason for this.