Social security appeal dismissed; improper lawyer notification did not deny substantive defense rights under Polish Civil Procedure Code.

The Supreme Court dismissed the cassation appeal filed by a social security claimant against a first-instance judgment denying her disability pension. The applicant argued that the lower court's failure to properly notify her lawyer of the hearing date violated her right to defense under Article 379 of the Civil Procedure Code. The court held that while the notification was procedurally flawed, it did not deprive the claimant of her substantive material rights, as the evidentiary requests were either considered or properly rejected.