After lunch with the boss, he died after a second trip... "Work disaster"

After a dinner with the president of the company and a late lunch, a worker who died while moving to the second seat lost on an overpass was recognized as a work accident after a family lawsuit.

The 7th administrative department of the Seoul Administrative Court ruled in a lawsuit against the Labor Welfare Corporation that the spouse of the deceased Mr. A "cancel the disposition for not paying survivors' benefits and funeral expenses."

Mr. A, who was in charge of field work at a small company with two employees, ended up having a late lunch with the president in Siheung, Gyeonggi-do on January 10 last year, and then rolled down the overpass while moving to the second seat.

Mr. A was taken to the hospital unconscious, but bleeding was confirmed in the brain, and cardiac arrest continued and died after 9 days.

At that time, Mr. A drove a truck to Siheung, Gyeonggi-do at dawn, picked up the boss and moved to Seocho-gu, Seoul, where he was working. Has occurred.

The Korea Labor Welfare Corporation did not recognize a business accident because the drinking party was a simple social event at the time of the accident, and the place of death was not a normal commuting route.

However, in a lawsuit filed by Mr. A's spouse in objection to the Corporation's disposition, the court raised the hand of the survivors.

It is believed that Mr. A and the president had a dinner at a dinner party, and that Mr. A had not left work at the time of the accident.

The judge explained, "After completing the work, we moved to the business owner's residence, and the deceased's work has not yet been completed," and explained that the accident occurred before the deceased left work.

“In the company where the deceased worked, three people, including the president, Mr. A, and the other employee, all worked.” “Two people attended the dinner party on the day of the accident. It was one of the" he pointed out.

He added, "It is not reasonable to view it as a simple social promotion, not a business event, just because the white-collar staff did not attend."