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Was her claim dismissed too soon over deadlines?

Court
Cour de cassation
Decided
Sep 16, 2026
Citation
25-12.147
Judges
Mme Capitaine (conseillère doyenne faisant fonction de présidente)

AI breakdown

  • A woman claimed she was hired as a secretary but was later contested as not being a real employee after the company went into liquidation.
  • The court decided her claim was wrongly dismissed as time-barred because the wrong statute of limitations was applied.
  • The court emphasized applying the correct five-year deadline for personal claims instead of shorter ones.

Outcome

Cassation

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