Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4727

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

English translation of the principle

The employer’s obligation to compensate the worker for an occupational injury. Its condition. - The employer’s obligation to compensate the worker for contracting an occupational disease. Its condition. - 910 - Labour - Determining or negating that the worker’s injury occurred during and because of work or arose from an occupational disease. A matter of fact independently determined by the trial judge. The condition therefor.
Arabic original
التزام صاحب العمل بتعويض العامل عن إصابة العمل. شرطه. - التزام صاحب العمل بتعويض العامل عن إصابته بأحد أمراض المهنة. شرطه. - ٩١٠ - عمل - تقدير أو نفي أن إصابة العامل قد حدثت أثناء العمل وبسببه أو أنها ناشئة عن مرض مهني. واقع يستقل به قاضي الموضوع. شرط ذلك.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٣٢٦/٢٠٠٥ عمال جلسة ١٦/٤/٢٠٠٧ مجلة القضاء والقانون - س ٣٥ ج ٢ ص ٢٧٥)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 910. PDF pages: 910–911.

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