Civil court not bound by criminal acquittal; may independently assess if gross negligence caused accident.

The Supreme Court dismissed the cassation appeal against a social insurance office's refusal of compensation for a workplace accident. The lower courts found the employee's gross negligence was the sole cause of the traffic accident, despite her claim that a criminal acquittal should have prevented this civil finding. The court ruled that a civil tribunal is not bound by a criminal acquittal and retains the authority to independently determine whether gross negligence was the exclusive cause of the incident.