II UKN 225/00
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Supreme Court rules that lack of medical care and supervision for a depressed fisherman constitutes an external cause of his suicide under work accident law.
Poland (PL)
Legislator summary
AI generatedThe Supreme Court reversed the appellate court's dismissal of the claim, ruling that the death of a depressed fisherman was a work-related accident. The court found that the employer's failure to provide adequate medical care and continuous supervision during the voyage created an external cause for the suicide. Consequently, the court ordered the employer to pay the statutory compensation to the deceased's minor daughter.
Legislator headnote
AI generatedArt. 6 ust. 1 ustawy o świadczeniach z tytułu wypadków przy pracy i chorób zawodowych; The absence of necessary medical care and continuous supervision for an employee suffering from depression may constitute an external cause of their suicide, qualifying the death as a work-related accident.
Keywords
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work accident compensation
suicide external cause
depression medical care
employer supervision duty
collective labor agreement
Cited Legislation
AI generatedArt. 6 ust. 1 ustawy z dnia 12 czerwca 1975 r. o świadczeniach z tytułu wypadków przy pracy i chorób zawodowych
art. 393 § 15 KPC
art. 98 KPC
§ 7, § 14 ust. 1 pkt 4 i 5 oraz § 15 ust. 3 rozporządzenia Ministra Sprawiedliwości z dnia 12 grudnia 1997 r.