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II UZ 31/98 AI generated

Supreme Court allows cassation in work accident cases where the core issue is establishing the accident occurred, regardless of claim value.

Case Number II UZ 31/98
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Jurisdiction Poland (PL)
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Outcome Allowed / Granted

Legislator summary

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The Supreme Court of Poland overturned the appellate court's dismissal of a cassation appeal regarding a work accident compensation claim. The lower courts had rejected the appeal because the appellant failed to specify the claim's value, treating the case as a monetary dispute. The Supreme Court determined that since the primary issue was establishing whether the death constituted a work accident rather than calculating damages, the case was a determination dispute where value is irrelevant for admissibility.

Legislator headnote

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Art. 393 § 18 in conjunction with Art. 397 § 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure; In work accident compensation cases where the dispute concerns the recognition of the accident as a work accident, cassation is admissible irrespective of the claim's value.

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work accident compensation cassation admissibility determination dispute claim value threshold agricultural work accident Supreme Court ruling procedural admissibility

Cited Legislation

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Art. 393 § 18 of the Code of Civil Procedure
Art. 397 § 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure

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