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III CSK 167/16 AI generated

Supreme Court allows cassation appeal to examine whether insurance contract is void due to non-disclosure of pre-existing illness.

Case Number III CSK 167/16
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Jurisdiction Poland (PL)
Outcome Partially Allowed
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The Supreme Court of Poland accepted the cassation appeal filed by the plaintiff against the appellate court's judgment. The core dispute involves whether the plaintiff concealed a pre-existing medical condition when purchasing an insurance policy, potentially rendering the contract void. The court decided to refer the case back for further examination to determine if the non-disclosure was intentional and material to the risk assessment.

Legislator headnote

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Art. 18 ust. 1 Kodeksu cywilnego; Art. 64 Kodeksu cywilnego: The court must examine the cassation appeal if the lower court's decision on the validity of the insurance contract based on non-disclosure of pre-existing illness is contested.

Keywords

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insurance contract validity non-disclosure of illness cassation appeal procedure pre-existing condition good faith principle

Cited Legislation

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Art. 18 ust. 1 Kodeksu cywilnego
Art. 64 Kodeksu cywilnego

Cited Case Law

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I ACa 1172/15
Appeal dismissed; medical malpractice claim against hospital and doctor rejected due to lack of causal link between negligence and child's brain injury.
I ACz 1546/15
akt I ACa 1172/15, I ACz 1546/15, przyjmuje skargę kasacyjną do rozpoznania.

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Sygn. akt III CSK 167/16 POSTANOWIENIE Dnia 14 lipca 2016 r.Sąd Najwyższy w składzie: SSN Mirosław Bączyk w sprawie z powództwa K. K. ‎przeciwko A. B. ‎przy uczestnictwie interwenienta ubocznego po stronie pozwanej Towarzystwa Ubezpieczeń S.A. w W. ‎o zapłatę,‎na posiedzeniu niejawnym w Izbie Cywilnej w dniu 14 lipca 2016 r.,‎na skutek skargi kasacyjnej powoda od wyroku Sądu Apelacyjnego w Krakowie‎z dnia 10 grudnia 2015 r., sygn. akt I ACa 1172/15, I ACz 1546/15, przyjmuje skargę kasacyjną do rozpoznania.