KCC 677/2013
Type
Case
Court
Kuwait Court of Cassation
Jurisdiction
Kuwait
Taxonomy
Road Transport, Offences against the Person, Claims Involving Fatalities, Children & Mentally Incapacitated Claimants, Product Liability
Decision date
10 Feb 2014
Catchwords
Car Accident - Defective Vehicle - Product Liability - Death - Road Traffic Accident
This case involved whether a company should pay compensation for the death of a man in a car accident. A key issue was whether the car had technical faults.
Background
The documents of the case revealed that the court dismissed the appellant's case in which he requested the court to order a company to pay compensation for the death of his father in a car accident.
Decision
The court said that the court had concluded that the car did not have technical issues. The court said that the court concluded that the company from which the car wasbought should not bear criminal responsibility for accident. The court said that the court established its ruling on solid evidence including the report of the expert.
The court dismissed the appeal.