Supreme Court defines agricultural accident as any sudden external event linked to farming activities, even off-farm. Verdict: allowed.
Poland (PL)
Legislator summary
AI generatedThe Supreme Court of Poland overturned a lower court's refusal to classify a road accident as an agricultural work accident. The applicant, a farmer, was injured while driving his sister home after harvesting potatoes, an act the lower court deemed unrelated to work. The Court ruled that transporting family members home after completing agricultural tasks constitutes a functional link to farming duties, thereby qualifying the incident as an agricultural work accident under the Social Insurance Act for Farmers.
Legislator headnote
AI generatedArt. 11 ust. 1 pkt 3 ustawy o ubezpieczeniu społecznym rolników; Art. 41 ust. 3 ustawy o świadczeniach z tytułu wypadków przy pracy i chorób zawodowych: An agricultural work accident includes any sudden event caused by an external factor that occurs during or after the performance of typical farming activities, provided there is a temporal, causal, or functional connection to the agricultural business, even if the event happens outside the farm premises.