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KKO 2021/1997 AI generated

Supreme Court allows compensation for arthritis caused by a work-related finger injury.

Case Number KKO 2021/1997
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Jurisdiction Finland (FI)
Decision Date
Outcome Allowed / Granted
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The Supreme Court of Finland allowed the employee's claim for compensation regarding arthritis in the thumb joints. The court found that a work-related injury from a falling tool caused ligament laxity, which was a direct cause of the subsequent degenerative joint disease. Consequently, the court ruled that the arthritis constituted a compensable consequence of the occupational accident.

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Työlainsäädäntö; Tapaturmavakuutuslaki: If a degenerative joint disease is a direct consequence of a work-related injury causing ligament laxity, the disease is compensable as a result of the accident.

Keywords

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work-related injury arthritis compensation ligament laxity degenerative joint disease occupational accident

Cited Legislation

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Tapaturmavakuutuslaki 1993
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insurance_2013_3812-2012
Insurance court allows disability pension for self-employed by weighing business income against medical evidence.
insurance_1980_6034-1979
Court allows partial compensation for shoulder injury where accident aggravated pre-existing arthritis and caused partial rotator cuff tear.
kko-other_1999_2717
Work injury claim dismissed because subsequent ankle and foot injuries lack causal link to original shoulder fracture.
kko-precedent_2007_60
Supreme Court allows compensation for chronic neck pain aggravated by accident despite pre-existing degeneration.
insurance_1986_4142-1986
Diving injury not covered as accident due to gradual pressure change rather than sudden external event.

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Työntekijä oli vahingoittunut molempiin peukaloihin painavan tikasnipun pudottua peukaloiden päälle. Lääketieteellisessä selvityksessä oli pidetty mahdollisena, että työntekijöiden peukaloiden myöhempi nivelrikko oli aiheutunut mainitun tapaturman seurauksena syntyneestä peukaloiden tyvinivelten löystymisestä. Nivelrikkoa pidettiin korvaukseen oikeuttavana tapaturman seurauksena.