Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 887

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

English translation of the principle

The person injured in motor accidents. Has a direct action against the insurer. The source of the latter's obligation differs from the source of the obligation of the perpetrator of the harmful act, and both converge in compensating the same damage. Its effect. They are bound by the same debt with its characteristics. - 163 - Commercial - The liability of the perpetrator of the harmful act is civil. The implication: the right established for the injured party is civil and does not yield interest. Article 305 Civil. The judgment's contravention of that. An error in applying the law requiring its cassation. - Nullity, forfeiture, arbitration, recourse and exemption from liability clauses:-
Arabic original
المضرور من حوادث السيارات. له دعوى مباشرة قبل المؤمن. اختلاف مصدر التزام الأخير عن مصدر التزام مرتكب الفعل الضار واجتماعهما في تعويض نفس الضرر. أثره. التزامهما بنفس الدين بما له من صفات. - ١٦٣ - تجاري - مسئولية مرتكب الفعل الضار مدنية. مؤدى ذلك: أن الحق المقرر للمضرور مدني لا ينتج فوائد. م ٣٠٥ مدني. مخالفة الحكم ذلك. خطأ في تطبيق القانون يُوجب تمييزه. - شروط البطلان والسقوط والتحكيم والرجوع والإعفاء من المسئولية:-
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعنان ٢٤٢، ٤٣٠/٢٠٠١ تجاري جلسة ٣٠/٣/٢٠٠٢ مج القسم الخامس - المجلد الرابع ص ٦٧)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 163. PDF pages: 163–164.

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