Supreme Court dismissed cassation against labor court award for military service accident compensation.
Poland (PL)
Legislator summary
AI generatedThe Supreme Court dismissed the applicant's cassation appeal against a lower court's decision awarding compensation for a military service accident. The applicant argued that the first-instance evidence was insufficient and that a new expert opinion was required to prove external causes of the fall. The court ruled that the existing evidence was adequate to determine the facts and that the lower court correctly found no basis for the applicant's claims of slipping or external factors.
Legislator headnote
AI generatedArt. 232 ust. 2 KPC; Art. 1, Art. 2 ust. 1 Ustawy o świadczeniach odszkodowawczych; The Supreme Court held that a cassation appeal is inadmissible when the evidence collected in the first instance is sufficient for the second instance court to make valid factual findings and legal qualification.