Overview
- The BSG’s 2nd Senate in Kassel will review whether Koch’s 2010 injury on ‘Wetten, dass..?’ qualifies as an insured Arbeitsunfall under statutory accident law.
- Koch sought recognition in 2020; the Berufsgenossenschaft, the Sozialgericht Mannheim and the Landessozialgericht Baden-Württemberg rejected the application.
- Prior rulings held he was neither an employee nor a ‘wie-Beschäftigter,’ emphasizing that he assembled a six-person team and acted as his own director.
- Courts also cited his personal promotional interest and the unentgeltlicher Mitwirkendenvertrag with ZDF as grounds against insurance protection.
- A decision could determine his eligibility for statutory accident-insurance benefits, with the hearing scheduled for Sept. 24 at 13:00.