Supreme Court allows compensation claim by treating soldier's return from leave as direct duty route.
Poland (PL)
Legislator summary
AI generatedThe Supreme Court remanded the case to the appellate court to reconsider the soldier's death compensation claim. The lower courts had dismissed the claim because the accident occurred during the soldier's leave period, not on the direct route to duty. The Supreme Court held that returning from leave constitutes a direct route to duty if the destination is the military unit, requiring further factual clarification on the soldier's intended destination.
Legislator headnote
AI generatedArt. 2 ust. 1 pkt 8 ustawy z dnia 16 grudnia 1972 r. o świadczeniach odszkodowawczych przysługujących w razie wypadków i chorób pozostających w związku ze służbą wojskową; return from military leave may constitute a direct route to duty if the destination is the unit, absent evidence of an alternative destination.