Key legal question
Whether the refusal to order a further medical expert opinion violated the right to be heard.
Extracted holding
No. The medical file was sufficiently documented, the lower court dealt with the competing medical views, and further evidence was unlikely to change the outcome.
Extracted reasoning
Anticipated evaluation of evidence was permissible because the existing reports already allowed a reliable assessment of causation; the court adequately explained why it preferred Dr. Del Monte over Dr. Hofer.