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Borreliosis infection so far no occupational disease

BSG: Clinical symptoms must also be presentA single tick-borne Borreliosis bacterium infection does not justify its recognition as an occupational...

Judgment blindness claim also with processing disturbance of Sehreizen

LSG Munich: Specific visual impairment does not have to be presentEven a serious disturbance of attention and memory can lead...

Judgment bite on shotgun in deer goulash was service accident

VGH Munich: Police Christmas dinner was official eventMunich (jur). Biting a police officer during a business Christmas party in her...

Judgment With wrongly diagnosed skin cancer is entitled to compensation

Overlook illness: claim for compensation for late recognized skin cancerIt has often been criticized by experts that there are frequent...

Judgment handicapped parking must really be handicapped accessible

Federal Constitutional Court emphasizes municipal duty of public safetyKarlsruhe (jur). Disabled parking spaces must not bring down wheelchair users. If...

Judgment extradition in USA also with murder suspicion

Cologne Higher Regional Court: US assurances and lived pardon practice richCologne (jur). An impending charge of murder does not exclude...

Verdict Even without referral to the hospital

BSG: clinic remuneration also for self-referrers Statutory health insurance can also go to the hospital without referral as a "self-referral"....

Verdict doctor draws patients 19 teeth

Dentist must pay mentally ill man 20,000 euros compensation 04/16/2015 A dentist from Munich has to pay a 28-year-old man...

Verdict Physician is liable for diagnosis without specialist colleague

Doctors are liable for misdiagnosis without consulting peers 02/12/2013 Doctors are liable for a misdiagnosis if they have failed to...