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II URN 39/94 AI generated

Supreme Court quashes appeal court ruling for disability pension due to missing external cause analysis.

Case Number II URN 39/94
Court / Authority
Jurisdiction Poland (PL)
Decision Date
Outcome Dismissed

Legislator summary

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The Supreme Court quashed the appeal court's decision denying a disability pension by revoking the lower court's judgment. The applicant argued that his fall after exiting a bus was an external cause accident, while the appeal court incorrectly ruled it lacked such a cause without new evidence. The court held that the appeal court failed to conduct a proper fact-finding process to determine if an external factor, such as excessive effort or stress, contributed to the injury.

Legislator headnote

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Art. 6 ust. 1 and Art. 41 ust. 3 of the Act on Benefits for Work Accidents and Occupational Diseases; An external cause need not be the sole cause of an accident but must be a contributing cause, and the appellate court must conduct its own evidence gathering to determine this factor before denying benefits.

Keywords

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work accident definition external cause requirement disability pension denial appellate court error evidence gathering duty

Cited Legislation

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Art. 6 ust. 1 and Art. 41 ust. 3 of the Act on Benefits for Work Accidents and Occupational Diseases
Art. 3 § 2 and Art. 4774 § 1 and 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure
Art. 421 § 2 and 422 § 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure
art. 4774 § 2 k.p.c
art. 417 § 1 k.p.c

Cited Case Law

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II PR 52/90
III PR 194/76

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