Taking into account the needs of victims who have become quadriplegic: issues and legal implications

Personal injury law

AVOCAT NICE – PERSONAL INJURY Taking into account the needs of victims who have become quadriplegic: issues and legal implications When a person becomes quadriplegic as a result of an accident or the fault of another person, the repercussions on his or her daily...

COMPENSATION FOR ESTABLISHMENT DAMAGE BEFORE CONSOLIDATION

Personal injury law

Avocat Nice – Compensation for bodily injury. COMPENSATION FOR ESTABLISHMENT DAMAGE BEFORE CONSOLIDATION Cass. 2nd civ. 25 Apr. 2024, n°22-17229, FS-B In a decision dated 25 April 2024, the 2nd Civil Chamber of the Court of Cassation recognised the existence of...

Is an employee entitled to challenge the occupational physician’s opinion that the employee is unfit for work, which exempts the employer from any obligation to redeploy the employee?

Labour law

Cass. Soc. 3 July 2024, no. 23-14.227 Is an employee entitled to challenge the occupational physician’s opinion that the employee is unfit for work, which exempts the employer from any obligation to redeploy the employee? This is the question that the Social...

Abusive refusal to redeploy and requalification as dismissal

Labour law

Cass. soc. 12 June 2024, no. 22-18.138 Can an employee obtain the requalification of his dismissal as a dismissal without real and serious cause when he has been dismissed for wrongful refusal to be reclassified, even though the occupational physician had waived the...

Change in case law regarding the relative effect of contracts.

Contract law

Cass. com. 3 July 2024, 21-14.947 Change in case law regarding the relative effect of contracts. On 3 July 2024 (no. 21-14.947), the Commercial Chamber of the French Supreme Court (Cour de cassation) handed down a noteworthy decision in which it called into question...