III UK 116/10 AI generated

Supreme Court dismisses pension appeal, ruling prior final judgment bars re-examining same facts on disability pension.

Case Number III UK 116/10

Court / Authority Sąd Najwyższy

Jurisdiction

Poland (PL)

Decision Date 2011-04-05

Outcome Dismissed

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Legislator summary

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The Supreme Court dismissed the cassation appeal against a final judgment denying a family pension to the deceased father's son. The lower courts had previously ruled that the father lacked the required 25 years of insurance due to missing agricultural work periods, which the appellant argued should be included under specific pension laws. The court held that because the same parties and issues were already finally decided in the earlier dispute regarding the father's pension rights, those facts could not be re-examined in this separate proceeding. Consequently, the appeal was rejected as the legal question had already been conclusively resolved by a binding judicial decision.

Legislator headnote

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Art. 398 § 1 k.p.c.; Art. 237 § 1 k.p.c.: A final judgment binding the parties precludes re-examination of the same legal and factual issues in subsequent proceedings between identical parties.

Keywords

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res judicata principle final binding judgment family pension rights agricultural work periods disability pension eligibility social insurance law cassation appeal dismissal

Cited Legislation

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Art. 398 § 1 k.p.c.

Art. 237 § 1 k.p.c.

Art. 10 ust. 2 ustawy z dnia 17 grudnia 1998 r. o emeryturach i rentach z Funduszu Ubezpieczeń Społecznych

art. 391 § 1 k.p.c

art. 366 k.p.c

art. 199 § 1 pkt 2 k.p.c

art. 365 § 1 k.p.c

art. 366 § 1 k.p.c

art. 39814 k.p.c

Cited Case Law

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