Supreme Court dismisses cassation, allowing partial compensation reduction due to plaintiff's contributory negligence from smoking.

The Supreme Court dismissed the plaintiff's cassation appeal against a lower court ruling that reduced employer liability by 50%. The plaintiff claimed lung cancer resulted from workplace conditions, but the appellate court found he contributed to the illness through his own habit of smoking. The court held that establishing the plaintiff's contributory negligence is sufficient grounds to reduce damages, rejecting the argument that this automatically negates the employer's liability.