Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 914

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

English translation of the principle

The insured may not receive compensation exceeding the value of the damage, even if the sum insured is greater than that value. Example. - The insured's combination of the sum insured and the compensation due to him from the liable third party. Receipt of compensation for the damage twice is impermissible. Example. - If the two judgment debtors owe a single debt under an obligation in solidum, the judgment creditor's recovery of his entitlement from one of them discharges the other.
Arabic original
عدم جواز تقاضي المؤمن له تعويضاً أعلى من قيمة الضرر ولو كان مبلغ التأمين أكبر من هذه القيمة. مثال. - جمع المؤمن له بين مبلغ التأمين والتعويض الذي يستحق له في ذمة الغير المسؤول. تقاضي للتعويض عن الضرر مرتين لا يجوز. مثال. - إذا كان المحكوم عليهما بدين واحد في التزام تضاممي فإن استيفاء المحكوم له حقه من أحدهما مبرىء لذمة الآخر.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعنان ٦، ٧/٨٥ تجاري جلسة ١٢/٢/١٩٨٦ مج القسم الثاني - المجلد الثاني ص ٢٨)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 168. PDF pages: 168.

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