Can A Firm Be Liable For An Employee Who Dies In Sex Romp?

Can a firm be held liable, for the death of an employee who dies in the course of a sex romp with a stranger outside the premises?

Many may answer the above question in the negative, but a legal ruling has argiued otherwise.

It has found a French company liable for the death of an employee who had a cardiac arrest while having sex with a stranger on a business trip.

The Paris court ruled that his death was an industrial accident and that the family was entitled to compensation.

The firm had argued the man was not carrying out professional duties when he joined a guest in her hotel room.

A report in the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) reports that under French law an employer is responsible for any accident occurring during a business trip, judges said.

The man, named as Xavier X, was working as an engineer for TSO, a railway services company based near Paris.

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He died at a hotel during a trip to central France in 2013, as a result of what the employer called “an extramarital relationship with a perfect stranger”.

The company challenged a decision by the state health insurance provider to regard the death as a workplace accident.

The provider defended its position by insisting that sexual activity was normal, “just like as taking a shower or a meal”.

In its ruling, the Paris appeals court upheld this view.

An employee on a business trip is entitled to social protection “over the whole time of his mission” and regardless of the circumstances, it said.

Death during sex romps have been reported across climes before now.

Last April for example, the Federal University of Technology, Owerri, confirmed the identity of three of the four students that died in a sex romp.

Uche Nwelue, Public Relations Officer of the institution, said the school checked its database and was able to confirm the academic status of the students, who had died after engaging in a sex romp induced by hard drugs.

The incident had happened at a hostel near the school.

Nwelue said the female student involved in the escapade was not a student of the institution.

He said: “I can now confirm to you that all the three boys, who took part in the alleged sex incident after an alleged drug overdose, were students of the university.

“The only female among them is not our student; she is from the Federal Polytechnic, Nekede. That is the true situation of things as it concerns the studentship of the victims.”

He said that the university would not take any action as the action happened outside the school premises.

“The university is actually handicapped as it relates to this matter. The incident happened outside of the campus of the university. We do not have control over their lifestyle outside the campus. Moreover, the school has rules and regulations guiding every student here. If any of them breaks it, we will punish him/her once he/she comes back to school.”

He advised parents to watch and encourage their children to stay on campus, adding that it would make them more serious and dedicated to their studies.

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