Insurance court dismissed appeal for lack of standing when plaintiff did not appeal to accident board first.
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AI generatedThe insurance court dismissed the plaintiff's appeal to the Accident Board's decision regarding work-related injury benefits. The plaintiff had bypassed the mandatory pre-litigation step of appealing to the Accident Board, while the employer did not appeal to the insurance court. The court ruled that without prior exhaustion of the administrative remedy, the plaintiff lacked the legal standing to challenge the decision directly.
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AI generatedInsurance Act; Accident Board Act: A party lacking standing to appeal to the insurance court must first appeal the decision to the Accident Board; failure to do so precludes direct judicial review.
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Vahingoittuneella, joka ei ollut valittanut vakuutusyhtiön päätöksestä tapaturmalautakuntaan vastavuoroista työtä koskevassa tapaturma-asiassa, ei katsottu olleen valitusoikeutta vakuutusoikeuteen tapaturmalautakunnan päätöksestä. Ilmoitettu työnantaja ei valittanut asiassa vakuutusoikeuteen. V -jaosto (äänestys 3-2) Vrt. VAKO 7547:81, 26.1.1982 (KKO 5.7.1983)