Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 941

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

English translation of the principle

The insurance company may have recourse against the insured for the amount of compensation it may have paid in two cases. Their nature: breach of reasonable conditions or the existence of one of the cases provided for in Article (76) of the Executive Regulations of the Traffic Law. - Subrogation of the payer to the creditor where the payer is liable for the debt on behalf of the debtor or obliged to pay it for him. Statutory subrogation. - The insurer in compulsory insurance against motor vehicle accidents. It and the responsible third party are obliged for the same debt, although the source of each one's obligation differs, and their liabilities concur in its payment. - The payer's obligation for the debt under the same source that binds the other debtor, or the existence of a relationship between them. Neither is necessary for statutory subrogation. It is sufficient that he be liable for the debt with the debtor or obliged to pay it for him. Article 394, Civil Code.
Arabic original
لشركة التأمين الرجوع على المؤمن له بقيمة ما تكون قد أدته من تعويض في حالتين. ماهيتهما: الإخلال بالشروط المعقولة أو توافر إحدى الحالات المنصوص عليها في المادة (٧٦) من اللائحة التنفيذية لقانون المرور. - حلول الموفى محل الدائن متى كان الموفي ملزماً بالدين عن المدين أو ملزماً بوفائه عنه. حلول قانوني. - المؤمن في التأمين الإجباري عن حوادث السيارات. التزامه والغير المسئول بذات الدين وإن اختلف مصدر التزام كل منهما وتتضامم ذمتاهما في الوفاء به. - التزام الموفي بالدين بمقتضي ذات المصدر الذي يلتزم به المدين الآخر أو وجود رابطة بينهما. غير لازمين للحلول القانوني. كفاية التزامه بالدين مع المدين أو التزامه بوفائه عنه. م ٣٩٤ مدني.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٨٣٣/٢٠٠٤ تجاري جلسة ٢٩/١٠/٢٠٠٥ مج القسم الخامس - المجلد الرابع ص ٤٩)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 173. PDF pages: 173.

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