Supreme Court dismisses claim that lifting a broom caused a lumbar compression fracture under accident insurance law.
Legislator-Zusammenfassung
KI-generiertThe Supreme Court dismissed the claim that the plaintiff's lumbar compression fracture resulted from an accident covered by accident insurance law. The plaintiff alleged pain while lifting a broom, but the court found no causal link between the specific act and the medical injury. Consequently, the court ruled that the injury did not constitute an accident under the relevant statutory definition.
Legislator-Regeste
KI-generiertAccident Insurance Act; Liability Act: An injury sustained during a daily activity is not an accident under the Accident Insurance Act if the activity was not performed in the ordinary course of daily life or if the injury resulted from a disease rather than an external event.
Schlagwörter
KI-generiertZitierte Gesetzesbestimmungen
KI-generiertVerwandte Entscheide
KI-generiertVolltext
A oli nostanut siivouskärryä ylemmälle porrasaskelmalle, jolloin hän oli tuntenut selässään pistävää kipua. Myöhemmin hänen lannenikamassaan oli todettu kompressiomurtuma. Kysymys siitä, oliko A:lle sattunut tapaturmavakuutuslaissa tarkoitettu tapaturma ja siitä, oikeuttiko murtuma tapaturmavakuutuslain nojalla korvaukseen.