September 24 - the Frankfurt court in Germany recently made a judgment on a sober drink case, in which it defined 'hangover' as a human disease.
According to Reuters 23, the German court in Frankfurt recently officially defined 'hangover' as a human disease. This means that if Frankfurt office workers who drank too much the night before want to take sick leave on the grounds of 'hangover', their demands are completely legal.
It is reported that the Frankfurt court made the decision when trying a 'anti hangover' beverage case. The company that produced the drink was accused of illegally promoting its treatment for hangovers. In the judgment, the court prohibited the company from 'mentioning any efficacy that can prevent, alleviate and treat any human disease, as well as making relevant impressions' in its advertising.
The court explained that since disease can be defined as' even minor and temporary interference with the normal state and function of the human body ', hangover is also a kind of human disease. The court added that although the symptoms of fatigue, nausea and headache were caused by the patients themselves, it was still a disease. And these symptoms usually disappear by themselves and do not need medical treatment.
The verdict is good news for the Germans, because the annual Munich Beer Festival just opened on September 22.