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KKO 1871/2000 AI generated

Supreme Court dismissed claim for additional shoulder injuries not directly caused by the fall.

Case Number KKO 1871/2000
Court / Authority
Jurisdiction Finland (FI)
Decision Date
Outcome Dismissed
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The Supreme Court dismissed the employee's claim for compensation regarding additional shoulder injuries sustained alongside the main injury from a fall. The employee argued that other shoulder damages were consequential to the accident, while the opposing party contended they were unrelated. The court ruled that only injuries directly caused by the fall were compensable, excluding those deemed independent or secondary.

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Työmenetelmäsääntely 1983: 10 §; 11 §: An employee is entitled to compensation only for injuries directly caused by the work accident, excluding those that are independent or merely coincidental to the event.

Keywords

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work accident compensation causation of injury direct consequence independent injury workmen's compensation supreme court ruling liability assessment

Cited Legislation

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Työmenetelmäsääntely 1983: 10 §
Työmenetelmäsääntely 1983: 11 §
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kko-other_2011_2942
KKO 2942/2011
kko-other_2007_483
Supreme Court dismissed asylum claim where applicant failed to prove accidental tear of filter membrane caused by trauma.
kko-other_1996_674
Workplace injury claim dismissed because employee's fall was caused by his own negligence, not employer fault.
kko-other_2001_1723
Work accident claim denied when pre-existing shoulder condition was the primary cause of injury.
kko-other_1996_2373
Workplace injury claim dismissed because surgical implant failure was deemed a manufacturing defect, not an accident.

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Työntekijä oli pudonnut kuorman päältä maahan ja vahingoittunut muun muassa oikeaan olkapäähänsä. Kysymys siitä, oliko hän saanut tapaturman seurauksena korvattavaksi katsotun oikean olkapään kiertäjäkalvosimen repeämän lisäksi myös muita olkanivelen vammoja.