Court acquits employer and supervisor for negligence when victim's own actions created the immediate lethal danger.
Poland (PL)
Legislator summary
AI generatedThe court acquitted both the employer and the farm manager of criminal negligence resulting in a worker's death. Evidence showed the victim, an experienced tractorist, ignored basic safety rules by failing to disable the machine's engine, creating the direct threat of death regardless of missing guards or broken parts. The court ruled that since the victim's own negligence was the sole cause of the immediate danger, the defendants could not be held criminally liable for the fatal outcome.
Legislator headnote
AI generatedArt. 220 § 1 k.k.; Art. 17 § 1 pkt 2 k.p.k.; Art. 414 § 1 k.p.k.; Art. 632 pkt 2 k.p.k. Criminal liability for negligence requires a causal link between the defendant's conduct and the prohibited result; if the victim's own negligence independently created the immediate danger, the defendant's prior failures do not satisfy the elements of the crime.