In late 2019, French rail company TSO was held responsible for the death of one of its employees. The employee died on a business trip from a heart attack after having sex outside his hotel with a woman he did not know. The court regarded the man’s death as a workplace accident, as a result of which TSO was held responsible for the financial loss suffered by the man’s family.
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