A Paris court has found a French company liable for the death of one of its employees who unfortunately had a cardiac arrest while having sex with a stranger while on a business trip.

According to the court, his death is an industrial accident and the family of the man deserves compensation. The company on the other hand claimed the man was not engaging in any professional duties when he joined a guest in her hotel room.

The judge did say under French law,  an employer is responsible for any kind of accident that occurs during a business trip even if it is of a sexual nature. As long as the employee was on a business trip, he was entitled to social protection for the duration of his trip.

The man is only named as Xavier X. He worked as an engineer for a railway service company near Paris.

TSO, the company does not regard the death as a workplace accident.