Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4707

State of Kuwait · Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

Gross and deliberate misconduct on the part of the injured worker. Its nature. - Determining that the worker suffered an illness, a work injury or an occupational disease, the existence of a causal relationship between it and the damage suffered by the worker, and whether it resulted from the worker’s gross misconduct. A matter of fact independently determined by the trial judge. The condition for this. Example.
Arabic original
سوء السلوك الفاحش والمقصود من جانب العامل المصاب. ماهيته. - تقرير إصابة العامل بعلة مرضية أو بإصابة عمل أو مرض مهني وتوافر علاقة السببية بينها وبين الضرر الذي لحق بالعامل وما إذا كان نتيجة سلوك فاحش من العامل. واقع يستقل به قاضي الموضوع. شرط ذلك. مثال.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٥١/٢٠٠١ عمالي جلسة ١٨/٣/٢٠٠٢ مج القسم الخامس - المجلد التاسع ص ١٣٩)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 906. PDF pages: 906.

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