Category Archives: Nieuwsbericht

Serious arm injury caused by exploding bottle of sparkling wine Rotterdam Court 26 March 2018 The fatal accident occurs when a woman tries to uncork a bottle of Moscato Spumante. The bottle is a champagne cork clamped by an iron cap, attached to the bottle by metal wires. Suddenly, the bottle bursts, scattering shards of glass. As a result [...]

Employee falls down stairs when moving office chair: employer liable for personal injury Court of Noord-Holland 7 March 2017 This ruling concerns a manager working for travel agency Zonvaart Reizen. The manager asks her employer to replace her and her colleague's office chairs. In response, the employer provides two new office chairs. She leaves the two old chairs in [...].

Assault "on the shop floor" Gerechtshof 's-Hertogenbosch 30 January 2018 This case concerns an employee working for a car seat manufacturer. He works on a production line of chairs, whose quality he has to approve. Each time after the employee approves a chair, the quality of the chair still has to be inspected by quality employees of an external company. With [...]

Personal injury due to fall from stands in sports hall Hague Court of Appeal 22 August 2017 A woman and her husband attended a sold-out basketball match in a sports hall on 12 February 2012. After the match, the woman walks from her seat in the thirteenth row of the stands via the stairs down the stands. At a [...]

Serious personal injury due to a stack of pallets falling on an employee Central Netherlands Court 20 June 2017 This case involves a Manager Warehouse & Logistics working for a wholesaler of agricultural products and animal feed. In his job, the employee's responsibilities include loading and unloading trucks. On 18 June 2014, a [...] happened to him.

Injury sustained in escape room: operators liable Court Zeeland-West Brabant 18 January 2017 An escaperoom is a game in which participants are locked in a room, from which room they must escape within a certain time limit. Participants go through various rooms in the building, each time they have to complete tasks consisting of puzzles or riddles. [...]

AOV: post-whiplash syndrome 'medically objectifiable'! East Brabant District Court 1 September 2016 In 2010, a woman - a self-employed person - suffered a road accident. The woman collides head-on with another car with her car. The woman then reports this accident to her disability insurance (AOV) and claims benefits. As complaints, she reports: a limp, [...]

No own fault by grabbing unleashed dog to protect own dog Court of Amsterdam 14 July 2016 One evening, a woman and her husband are walking her dog - a Jack Russel - in a leash area near her home. She has her dog on a leash. A boy is letting her dog out on the same [...]

Road authority (municipality) liable for cyclist fall due to long crack in road surface Court of Appeal of The Hague dated 17 May 2016 This personal injury case concerns a 10-year-old girl cycling with a friend behind on an asphalt cycle path after returning from the beach after an outing with the scout group. The cycle path runs from the dunes at some point [...]

Accident on company premises also falls under employer's duty of care Gerechtshof 's-Hertogenbosch dated 8 January 2016 This personal injury case concerns an employee employed by a company engaged in the production of countertops. One day, after working overtime, an employee wanted to leave the company premises with a colleague. As the entrance gate to the company premises [...]