Polish Supreme Court allows police officer's heart attack claim by applying elevated stress standards for high-ranking officers.

The Supreme Court of Poland dismissed the cassation appeal against a lower court's denial of a one-time compensation for a police officer's death. The court found that while the heart attack occurred during duty, the appellant failed to prove the specific external cause was stress. The court ruled that stress must be recognized as a concurrent external cause only when elevated standards regarding the inherent stress of police service are met. Consequently, the cassation was rejected without costs, upholding the lower court's decision based on insufficient evidence of the specific stressor.