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I UK 205/07 AI generated

Polish Supreme Court rules farmer's hand injury in combine harvester is external cause accident under social insurance law.

Case Number I UK 205/07
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Jurisdiction Poland (PL)
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The Supreme Court of Poland overturned a lower court decision denying a farmer one-time compensation for a hand injury sustained while unloading grain. The court found that the injury resulted from an external cause—the moving belt of a combine harvester—rather than the farmer's temporary fainting spell. Consequently, the court held that the accident met the statutory definition of a work accident under the Farmers' Social Insurance Act, requiring the insurer to pay the benefits.

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Art. 11 ust. 1 pkt 1 ustawy o ubezpieczeniu społecznym rolników; Art. 10 ust. 2 ustawy o ubezpieczeniu społecznym rolników: An injury caused by the movement of agricultural machinery constitutes an external cause accident, and temporary fainting is not a causal factor for the injury itself.

Keywords

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farmers social insurance work accident definition external cause requirement one-time compensation agricultural machinery accident casation law causal relationship

Cited Legislation

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Art. 11 ust. 1 pkt 1 ustawy z dnia 20 grudnia 1990 r. o ubezpieczeniu społecznym rolników
Art. 10 ust. 2 ustawy z dnia 20 grudnia 1990 r. o ubezpieczeniu społecznym rolników
Art. 3983 § 1 k.p.c.
Art. 39815 § 1 k.p.c.
art. 385 k.p.c
art. 6 k.c
art. 3983 § 1 k.p.c
art. 39815 § 1 k.p.c

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