A French company has been found liable for the death of an employee who had a cardiac arrest while having sex with a stranger on a business trip, reports BBC News. A Paris court ruled that his death was an industrial accident and that the family was entitled to compensation. The firm had argued that the man was not carrying out professional duties when he joined a guest in her hotel room. However, under French law an employer is responsible for any accident occurring during a business trip, judges said. The employee had died at a hotel during a trip to central France in 2013, as a result of what the employer called "an extramarital relationship with a perfect stranger". The company challenged a decision by the state health insurance provider to regard death as a workplace accident. The ruling said an employee on a business trip is entitled to social protection "over the whole time of his mission" and regardless of the circumstances.