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VakO 22.9.1967/411:67 AI generated

Insurance court ruled a missing boatman presumed dead immediately upon sinking, not after a later date.

Case Number VakO 22.9.1967/411:67
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Jurisdiction Finland (FI)
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The Insurance Court allowed the claimant's request for a disability pension based on the presumption of death. The court found that the boatman vanished with his vessel during a severe storm on October 14, 1962, and could not have survived. Consequently, the court determined the date of death was the day of the sinking rather than the later date proposed by the insurer.

Legislator headnote

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Act on the Insurance of Accidents; Act on the Payment of Disability Pensions: When a person is presumed dead due to a sudden accident where survival is impossible, the date of death is the date of the accident, not the date of the official declaration.

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presumption of death accident date disability pension missing person sudden accident insurance court date of death

Cited Legislation

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Act on the Insurance of Accidents
Act on the Payment of Disability Pensions
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insurance_1980_4593-1979
Insurance court dismissed claim for accident pension when pre-existing heart disease was deemed a significant cause of death.
insurance_1984_3527-1983
Insurance court dismissed early pension claim as less favorable than unemployment benefit.
insurance_1970_179-1970
Insurance court rules death from heart attack following surgery for work injury is compensable accident consequence.
insurance_1982_5290-1981
Insurance court dismissed claim for work injury compensation due to lack of causal link between repetitive hand movements and shoulder inflammation.
insurance_1978_9305-1977
Voluntary insurance coverage denied when worker not in employer's employment relationship at time of accident.

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Tieja vesirakennuslaitoksen työssä ollut perämies oli 14.10.1962 toiminut lauttaa kuljettaneen moottoriveneen kuljettajana ja veneen ankarassa merenkäynnissä upotessa vajonnut sen mukana mereen. Pelastustoimenpiteiden yhteydessä vene oli sittemmin nostettu, mutta perämiestä ei ollut löydetty. Tapaturmavirasto oli myöntänyt huoltoeläkettä kuolleeksi julistamispäivästä 1.1.1966 alkaen. VAKO hylkäsi valituksen huoltoeläkkeen suorittamisesta 14.10.1962 tapahtuneesta katoamisesta lukien. II -jaosto KKO 23.9.1968: Katsoi selvitetyksi, että perämies oli hänen kuljettamansa moottoriveneen upotessa ankarassa merenkäynnissä vajonnut veneen mukana mereen ja kadonnut. Koska tilannetta oli pidettävä sellaisena, ettei perämiehen ollut voinut selvityä siitä hengissä, hänen oli siis katsottava kuolleen 14.10.1962. Huoltoeläke määrättiin suoritettavaksi 1.11.1962 lukien.