KCC 148/1999
Type
Case
Court
Kuwait Court of Cassation
Jurisdiction
Kuwait
Taxonomy
General Insurance Law, Employers' Liability, Rights & Duties of Employees & Employers, General Personal Injury
Copyright
LexisNexis
Decision date
19 Jun 2000
Catchwords
Workplace Injury – Employee’s Rights – Employer’s Liability – Insurance – Insurance Contract – Personal Injury
This case involved a claim for compensation by an employee who had been injured in a workplace accident against two companies. It was argued the injured person did not have an employment relationship with the second defendant. If there was an insurance contract stipulating they could claim compensation this was possible.
Background
An employee made a complaint against a company and requested the Labour Department to order the company to pay him compensation for a workplace injury. The department referred the case to the court.
The company added another company as a defendant.
The court rejected the case.
The employee appealed the ruling before the court of appeal. The court abandoned the appealed ruling and ruled that the two companies should pay the employee 8184.6 Dinars.
Decision
The second company appealed the ruling before the court of cassation and said in its grounds of appeal that the ruling had erred in the application of law because there was no contractual relationship with the employee and he had no right to request them to pay compensation.