Criminal appeal dismissed; worker's fault in accident does not bar work injury benefits under Polish law.
Poland (PL)
Legislator summary
AI generatedThe Supreme Court dismissed the appellant's cassation appeal regarding a work injury compensation dispute. The lower courts found that while the worker slipped during unloading, there was no proof of intentional misconduct or gross negligence by the employee. The court ruled that the appellant failed to cite the specific statutory provision (Article 8 of the Work Injury Act) as the legal basis for the decision, violating procedural requirements for cassation.
Legislator headnote
AI generatedArt. 8 ust. 1 ustawy o świadczeniach z tytułu wypadków przy pracy; Art. 3933 KPC: A claimant cannot successfully raise objections in cassation against a non-contested qualification of an accident as a work injury, and failure to cite the correct legal basis in the cassation grounds does not exempt the appellant from the obligation to indicate the proper legal basis.