US EditionDeath of a Driver Carrying Green Algae: Court of Cassation Orders Retrial on Appeal
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On Thursday, the Court of Cassation ordered a new civil appeal on the death of Thierry Morfoisse, who died in 2009 while carrying green algae. The court could therefore reconsider the link between his death and the danger of algae.
The highest court finds that the employer has not provided sufficient evidence that the driver's death is not related to his activity.
The case of the death of Thierry Morfoisse, a truck driver who died after transporting green algae, will be retried, according to a ruling by the Court of Cassation on Thursday, January 8. In July 2009, in Binic, Côtes-d'Armor, Thierry Morfoisse, 48, died of a heart attack while transporting truckloads of more than 20 tons of rotting green algae. The driver's family believes his death was caused by hydrogen sulfide fumes. (...) Read more In bri…
The beach of Valais, in Saint-Brieuc, closed due to the presence of toxic green algae, on 10 July 2019. LAW VENANCE/AFP According to a judgment of the Court of Cassation handed down on Thursday 8 January, the case of the death of Thierry Morfoisse, driver dead of an infarction in 2009 in Binic (Côtes d'Armor) after having discharged green algae, will be re-judged by the Court of Appeal of Rennes. The judges of the highest judicial court consider…
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