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