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VakO 12.3.1985/5331:83 AI generated

Insurance court partially allowed claim for work injury when pre-existing diabetes contributed to amputation.

Case Number VakO 12.3.1985/5331:83
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Jurisdiction Finland (FI)
Decision Date
Outcome Partially Allowed
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Legislator summary

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The court modified the work injury compensation decision, reducing the payout by half due to the employee's pre-existing diabetes. The employee suffered a foot injury at work which led to gangrene and subsequent amputation, a condition the court found resulted from both the accident and the underlying disease. Consequently, the court determined that the accident only partially caused the disability, warranting a proportional reduction in the statutory compensation.

Legislator headnote

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Insurance Act s. 10; Work Injury Act s. 12: When a work injury and a pre-existing disease jointly cause the resulting disability, compensation is reduced proportionally to the extent of the disease's contribution.

Keywords

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work injury compensation pre-existing disease concurrent causation proportional reduction diabetes amputation insurance liability disability assessment

Cited Legislation

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Insurance Act s. 10
Work Injury Act s. 12
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insurance_1994_7809-1993
Work injury claim dismissed because no compensable disability or illness resulted from the fall.
kko-precedent_1989_154
Supreme Court allows partial accident compensation when pre-existing eye disease significantly reduced injury severity.
kko-other_1998_3859
Supreme Court dismissed appeal allowing insurance claim resubmission after new accident investigation findings.
insurance_1979_9432-1977
Insurance court allows compensation for subsequent blood clot when caused by work injury treatment.
kko-precedent_2007_60
Supreme Court allows compensation for chronic neck pain aggravated by accident despite pre-existing degeneration.

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Sokeritautia sairastava työntekijä oli työssä 5.8.1982 saanut iskusta kiveen ruhjevamman vasempaan kantapäähän. Kantapäässä oli kahden vuorokauden kuluttua todettu tulehtunut verenpurkauma. Marraskuussa 1982 vasempaan jalkaterään oli kehittynyt tulehdus ja kuolio, minkä johdosta oli jouduttu suorittamaan sääriamputaatio. Vasemman jalan kuolion ja amputaation, jonka katsottiin johtuneen sekä sokeritaudista että k.o. tapaturmasta, johdosta määrättiin suoritettavaksi puolet lainmukaisesta korvauksesta. Tapaturmalautakunnan päätöstä muutettiin. V -jaosto