Heart attack at work dismissed as work accident due to lack of external work-related cause.
Poland (PL)
Legislator summary
AI generatedThe Supreme Court dismissed the cassation appeal regarding the classification of a heart attack as a work accident. The lower courts found that while the plaintiff suffered symptoms during work hours, expert opinions indicated the primary cause was internal pathology rather than an external factor linked to his duties. The court ruled that without a critical external cause directly triggered by work, the event cannot be legally classified as a work accident under the relevant statute.
Legislator headnote
AI generatedArt. 6 ust. 1 ustawy o świadczeniach z tytułu wypadków przy pracy i chorób zawodowych; A heart attack occurring during work is only a work accident if a sudden external cause directly linked to the job triggered the event, rather than being a result of the employee's own internal pathological processes.