Sports injury as an occupational accident: when a sports accident is covered by statutory insurance
Not every injury during sport is automatically an accident at work. The decisive factor is whether there is a direct connection to the occupational activity. However, a recent ruling by the Hessian State Social Court shows that a sports accident can also be recognized as an accident at work under certain conditions - even in the case of an underage junior athlete. The case in question: soccer injury at a youth training center In the case decided by the
