Supreme Court dismissed cassation where a later unconstitutional law application was deemed legally sufficient. The court held that applying a subsequently invalidated statute does not constitute a legal error if the decision's outcome remains correct.
Legislator summary
AI generatedThe Supreme Court dismissed the cassation appeal against a social insurance office's refusal of work accident compensation. The lower court correctly awarded benefits based on Article 32 of the Work Accident Act, despite the social insurance office arguing the employer should pay because the factory was privatized after the accident. The Supreme Court ruled that the cassation argument claiming the lower court failed to apply the now-unconstitutional paragraph one of Article 32 was invalid, as the decision's result was legally sound.
Legislator headnote
AI generatedArt. 32 ust. 1 ustawy o świadczeniach z tytułu wypadków przy pracy i chorób zawodowych; The application of a statutory provision subsequently declared unconstitutional by the Constitutional Tribunal does not constitute a legal error if the resulting decision is substantively correct.