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VakO 28.9.1982/7755:81 AI generated

Work injury claim dismissed as 20% of shoulder tear was pre-existing age-related degeneration.

Case Number VakO 28.9.1982/7755:81
Court / Authority
Jurisdiction Finland (FI)
Decision Date
Outcome Dismissed
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The Insurance Court dismissed the employee's claim for full compensation regarding a shoulder tear sustained during a workplace slip. The court found that while the accident caused a partial tear, the primary cause was an age-related degenerative disease affecting the rotator cuff. Consequently, the court awarded only a 20% contribution to the damages attributable to the work accident.

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Insurance Act s. 10; Work Injury Act s. 10: Where a work injury exacerbates a pre-existing degenerative condition, compensation is limited to the specific portion of the damage directly caused by the accident.

Keywords

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work injury compensation pre-existing condition rotator cuff tear age-related degeneration partial causation insurance liability medical causation

Cited Legislation

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Insurance Act s. 10
Work Injury Act s. 10
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kko-other_1998_569
Work accident claim dismissed because injury occurred during leisure time, not work duties.
kko-other_2011_2942
KKO 2942/2011
kko-other_2000_1722
Supreme Court rules that a torn rotator cuff is not a work accident but a personal injury.
insurance_1980_5078-1979
Insurance court rules accident contributed to tear, making it one-third compensable under Finnish insurance law.
kko-precedent_2000_128
Supreme Court rules that a 52-year-old cleaner's rotator cuff tear was a work accident, not degenerative disease.

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Työntekijä oli työssä 22.9.1980 liukastunut märällä lattialla, jolloin vasen olkapää oli osunut oven karmiin. 27.10.1980 suoritetussa lääkärintutkimuksessa oli todettu vasemman kiertäjäkalvosimen repeämä. VAKO epäsi korvauksen kiertäjäkalvosimen repeämästä. (Äänestys 4-1) VII -jaosto KKO 15.4.1985 katsoi, että vasemman olkapään kiertäjäkalvosimen repeämä, jonka syynä oli ollut ensisijaisesti ikään liittyvä kiertäjäkalvosimen rappeumasairaus, oli osaksi eli 1/5:lta 22.9.1980 sattuneen tapaturman seuraus. (Lääkintöhallitus: Slätis-Tervo)