Privatization law holds successor company liable for pre-transformation occupational disease death claims despite asset sale.
Poland (PL)
Legislator summary
AI generatedThe Supreme Court reversed the appellate court's dismissal, ordering the privatized porcelain factory to pay the plaintiff's widow compensation for her husband's occupational death. The court found that the state-owned enterprise's transformation into a private joint-stock company did not extinguish its liability for debts arising from employment relationships before the change. Consequently, the subsequent sale of shares to a private entity could not release the successor company from its obligation to cover the worker's occupational disease consequences.
Legislator headnote
AI generatedart. 8 ust. 2 i art. 9 ust. 4 ustawy o prywatyzacji przedsiębiorstw państwowych; art. 32 ust. 2 pkt 2 ustawy o świadczeniach z tytułu wypadków przy pracy i chorób zawodowych: The transformation of a state-owned enterprise into a private company does not exempt the successor entity from liability for occupational disease debts incurred prior to the transfer, and the sale of shares does not release this obligation.