Supreme Court dismisses appeal; factual findings on employment contract appearance are not subject to cassation review.

The Supreme Court dismissed the cassation appeal against a social insurance authority's decision denying maternity benefits. The lower court established that the plaintiff was employed from April 1997 to May 1998, despite the employer claiming the contract was merely a sham to secure insurance coverage. The Court ruled that determining whether a contract is fictitious is a factual matter for the trial courts and falls outside the scope of cassation review under Article 3931(1) of the Civil Procedure Code. Consequently, the Supreme Court could not overturn the lower court's binding finding that the contract lacked the defect of appearance of will.