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Workplace accident liability requires proving both employer negligence and a causal link to the injury.

Case Number 0140386
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Jurisdiction Portugal (PT)
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Outcome Partially Allowed
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The Tribunal da Relação do Porto partially revoked the lower court's decision regarding workplace accident liability. The plaintiff argued that the employer was negligent for failing to follow safety rules, while the employer contended that mere rule violation was insufficient without proving causation. The court held that establishing employer fault requires demonstrating both a breach of safety regulations and a direct causal connection between that breach and the accident.

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ACIDENTE DE TRABALHO SEGURANÇA NO TRABALHO CULPA DA ENTIDADE PATRONAL ÓNUS DA PROVA

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workplace accident liability employer negligence causal link requirement burden of proof safety regulations breach

Cited Legislation

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Port. Lei n.º 53/71 de 2 de Fevereiro de 1971

Cited Case Law

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AC STJ de 1999/10/13
AC STJ de 2000/10/25

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[Nº CONVENCIONAL] JTRP00031056

[Nº DO DOCUMENTO] RP200105280140386

[PRIVACIDADE] 1

[PROCESSO NO TRIBUNAL RECORRIDO] 353/99

[TEXTO INTEGRAL] N

[TRIBUNAL RECORRIDO] T TRAB STA MARIA FEIRA

[URL] https://www.dgsi.pt/jtrp.nsf/56a6e7121657f91e80257cda00381fdf/DF77CE68B8FE97DF80256AD90047E2C0?OpenDocument

SUMÁRIO

I - Não basta, para a existência de culpa da entidade patronal na produção do acidente, a inobservância das regras de segurança, exigindo-se também o nexo de causalidade entre tal inobservância e o acidente.

II - Competia à seguradora, na medida em que a subsidiaridade da sua responsabilidade tem como pressuposto a culpa da entidade patronal, a prova de quais as medidas de segurança, consignadas em sede legal, foram omitidas e que foram causa necessária do sinistro.