Increase of integrity impairment compensation based on judicial expertise

ATA/49/1997Court of Justice / Administrative ChamberJan 21, 1997Modified

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Omnilex summary

The dispute concerned the degree of impairment compensation under accident insurance. Relying on the judicial expert report, the court increased the IPAI rate to 65%.

Omnilex headnote

Art. 24 al. 1 LAA; determination of impairment compensation (IPAI) under accident insurance: where a judicial expertise provides a substantiated assessment of the lasting impairment of integrity, the court may depart from the previous evaluation and set the compensation at the rate established by the expert opinion.

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Descripteurs

ASSURANCE SOCIALE; ACCIDENT; AA; INDEMNITE POUR ATTEINTE A L'INTEGRITE; EXPERTISE; ASSU

Normes

LAA.24 al.1

Résumé

Taux de l'IPAI augmenté à 65 % selon les conclusions de l'expertise judiciaire.

Keywords

social insuranceaccident insuranceintegrity impairmentjudicial expertisecompensation increase

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Key legal question

What is the correct degree of impairment compensation (IPAI) under accident insurance?

Extracted holding

The impairment degree is set at 65% in accordance with the judicial expert opinion.

Extracted reasoning

The court relied on the judicial expertise, which justified a higher assessment of the insured person's integrity impairment than previously accepted.

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