Supreme Court allows bankruptcy creditor's vacation pay claim by remanding case after lower courts failed to verify prior recognition.

The Supreme Court of Poland remanded the case to the lower court to resolve factual discrepancies regarding the employee's vacation pay claim. The plaintiff argued that the employer's bankruptcy proceedings had not fully recognized his specific debt, while the defendant claimed the matter was already settled by the bankruptcy administrator's ruling. The court ruled that the lower courts incorrectly applied the principle of res judicata without first verifying whether the specific claim was actually recognized in the bankruptcy proceedings, necessitating a new factual examination.