Supreme Court dismissed appeal; occupational disease compensation claim barred by strict statutory time limits.
Poland (PL)
Legislator summary
AI generatedThe Supreme Court dismissed the cassation appeal filed by Henryk K. against the lower court's rejection of his claim for occupational disease compensation. The plaintiff, who suffered a work-related injury after his employer declared bankruptcy, argued for payment from the Employees' Guaranteed Benefits Fund. The court ruled that the claim was time-barred because it arose outside the specific statutory period defined in Article 6 of the relevant labor protection law. Consequently, the right to compensation from the Fund was extinguished due to the strict temporal requirements.
Legislator headnote
AI generatedArt. 6 ust. 3 ustawy z dnia 29 grudnia 1993 r. o ochronie roszczeń pracowniczych w razie niewypłacalności pracodawcy; The right to one-time occupational disease compensation from the Fund is contingent upon the claim arising within a strictly defined temporal window relative to the employer's insolvency or termination of employment, and such material law deadlines cannot be extended via procedural restoration rules.