Medical confidentiality: U-turn on autopsies at work

In a ruling handed down on 3 April 2025 (No. 22-22.634), the Second Civil Chamber of the Court of Cassation made a major reversal. It ruled that the autopsy report, even in the event of a fatal accident at work, is covered by medical confidentiality and cannot be communicated to the employer during the investigation into the recognition of the work-related nature of the accident. Context: the end of a 2005 case law On 13 November 2019, a tempora…