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VakO 2.2.1982/8626:80 AI generated

Court dismissed claim for occupational lung disease compensation due to insufficient causal link between work and illness.

Case Number VakO 2.2.1982/8626:80
Court / Authority
Jurisdiction Finland (FI)
Decision Date
Outcome Dismissed

Legislator summary

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The Insurance Court dismissed the employee's claim for compensation regarding pneumoconiosis developed during mining work. The employee argued that dust exposure from 1953 to 1974 caused the progressive lung disease, while the insurer contended the condition manifested in 1977 without direct occupational causation. The court rejected the claim because the medical evidence failed to establish a definitive causal connection between the specific work environment and the onset of the illness.

Legislator headnote

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Insurance Act s. 10; Occupational Disease Act s. 2: Compensation is only payable when a causal link between the work environment and the occupational disease is medically established.

Keywords

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occupational disease compensation pneumoconiosis causation mining work exposure insurance liability standard medical evidence burden

Cited Legislation

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Insurance Act s. 10
Occupational Disease Act s. 2
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Työntekijä oli vuosina 1953-1974 ollut kaivoksessa raappamiehenä. Vuodesta 1969 hänen keuhkoissaan oli todettu juosteisuutta, joka vuonna 1977 oli todettu lisääntyneen. Seuraavana vuonna hänellä oli kivipölykeuhkosairaus. VAKO katsoi sairauden ilmenneen vuonna 1977 ja määräsi korvauksen suoritettavaksi. II -jaosto KKO 24.11.1983 = VAKO (Lääkintöhallitus: Rantanen Vaaranen)