Berger v. Château Vernous Reference : No description Complaint date : No description Status : Final judgment Place of jurisdiction : France, Bordeaux Plaintiffs types : Farm/rural workers Plaintiffs names : Sylvie Berger Defendants : Château Vernous Lawyers for Health and Environmental Justice : Hermine Baron Case nature : Civil court Type(s), Product(s), Active substance(s) : Other Requests : Recognition of the work-related nature of the plaintiff's Parkinson's disease and the employer's inexcusable misconduct. Name of the Court : Tribunal de Grande Instance of Bordeaux, France Jurisdiction level : Decision date : March 27, 2019 Decision nature : Positive Decision content : The Bordeaux High Court recognizes the work-related nature of the plaintiff's illness and the inexcusable fault of her employer. It orders that an expert opinion be conducted to assess the plaintiff's damages and returns the file for the parties' submissions once the expert opinion has been rendered. Legal basis : Court Ruling : No description Summary : Mrs. Berger, who suffers from Parkinson's disease because of her exposure to pesticides, is seeking recognition for the work-related nature of her illness and the inexcusable fault of her employer, Château Vernous, where she has been employed since 2003. She worked on sprayed vines and was exposed to pesticides. In June 2012, she was acutely poisoned while working on a plot that had been treated twice in the previous days. Since then, her health has continued to deteriorate. In 2016, the diagnosis is made: she suffers from Parkinson's disease. In January 2017, its pathology was first recognised as an occupational disease by MSA (Mutualité sociale agricole). The hearings took place on 1/28/2019 and on 3/26/2019 the social pole of the Court of Bordeaux recognised the work-related nature of her illness and the inexcusable fault of her employer. It orders that an expert report be carried out in order to assess the worker's damages and refers the case back on 9/10/2019 for the parties' submissions. Château Vernous does not exclude appealling. Scientific references : No scientifice reference for this case. Related links : Pesticides en Médoc : une ouvrière viticole saisit la justice (FR) Pesticides et Parkinson : la faute inexcusable d’un château du Bordelais reconnue (FR)