Whether the accident had an adequate causal connection with the claimant’s psychological disorders under accident insurance law.
No adequate causal connection was established. Even if the event were treated as an accident of medium gravity, it would fall at the lower limit of that category; in view of that limited seriousness, the sole relevant criterion present—physical pain—was insufficient.
For psychologically mediated sequelae, the court applied the established adequacy criteria. Only one criterion was met, and the accident’s very limited gravity did not justify attributing the psychical complaints to the accident.