Natural causality denied in accident insurance case

ATA/84/1996Cour de justice / Verwaltungskammer13.02.1996Dismissed

Von Omnilex extrahiert

Omnilex-Zusammenfassung

In an accident insurance matter, the decision concerns whether the claimant’s health condition was in natural causal relation to the accident. The court held that such causal connection was not established and therefore denied the claim.

Omnilex-Regeste

LAA art. 37 al. 2; causalité naturelle entre l’accident et l’atteinte à la santé: le lien de causalité naturelle doit être établi selon le degré de preuve usuel; à défaut d’une telle démonstration, les prestations fondées sur l’accident ne peuvent être accordées.

Gesamter Gesetzestext

Descripteurs

ASSURANCE SOCIALE; ACCIDENT; AA; CAUSALITE NATURELLE

Normes

LAA.37 al.2

Résumé

Pas de causalité naturelle.

Schlagwörter

social insuranceaccidentnatural causalityinsurance benefits

Von Omnilex extrahierte Kernrechtsfragen

Whether there was natural causal connection between the accident and the claimed health effects.

Natural causality was denied.

The decision states that the required natural causal link was not established.