II UKN 407/97
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Polish Supreme Court dismisses work accident claim where heart attack stress is not external cause.
Poland (PL)
Legislator summary
AI generatedThe Polish Supreme Court dismissed the plaintiff's cassation appeal regarding her husband's death from a heart attack during a school meeting. The lower courts found that the heart attack was a consequence of a pre-existing chronic condition rather than an external work-related cause. The court ruled that stress inherent to normal job duties cannot be considered an external trigger unless caused by unusually harsh working conditions.
Legislator headnote
AI generatedArt. 6 ust. 1 pkt 1 ustawy o świadczeniach pieniężnych z tytułu wypadków przy pracy i chorób zawodowych; stress inherent to normal job duties is not an external cause of heart attack unless caused by unusually harsh working conditions.
Keywords
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work accident claim
heart attack causation
stress as external cause
pre-existing medical condition
polish social security law
Cited Legislation
AI generatedArt. 6 ust. 1 pkt 1 ustawy z dnia 12 czerwca 1975 r. o świadczeniach pieniężnych z tytułu wypadków przy pracy i chorób zawodowych
art. 393 15 KPC
art. 393 12 KPC