Adequate causation for psychic injury after medium accident

ATA/503/1997Court of Justice / Administrative ChamberAug 26, 1997Other

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Omnilex summary

In a social insurance accident matter, the court addressed whether psychic disorders remained adequately causally linked to a medium-severity accident. It accepted that exceptional circumstances, notably significant pain, diagnostic errors, and the length of treatment, can justify adequate causation. The extract does not provide the full procedural history or the final operative part beyond this legal conclusion.

Omnilex headnote

LAA art. 6 al. 1; causalité adéquate en cas d’accident de gravité moyenne et troubles psychiques; des circonstances exceptionnelles peuvent fonder l’admission du lien de causalité adéquate, notamment lorsque s’y ajoutent des douleurs importantes, des erreurs de diagnostic et une durée de traitement particulièrement longue. La présence de tels éléments permet de dépasser le simple enchaînement chronologique entre accident et atteinte psychique et de retenir la responsabilité de l’assureur-accidents (consid. non indiqué).

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Descripteurs

ASSURANCE SOCIALE; ACCIDENT; AA; CAUSALITE ADEQUATE; ASSU

Normes

LAA.6 al.1

Résumé

Circonstances exceptionnelles (douleurs, erreurs de diagnostic, longueur du traitement) permettant d'admettre l'existence du lien de causalité adéquate entre un accident de gravité moyenne et des troubles psychiques.

Keywords

social insuranceaccidentpsychic disordersadequate causationdiagnostic errortreatment durationpain

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Key legal questions extracted by Omnilex

Key legal question

Whether adequate causal connection exists between a medium-severity accident and subsequent psychic disorders despite pain, diagnostic errors, and prolonged treatment.

Extracted holding

Adequate causation may be admitted where exceptional circumstances are present, including marked pain, diagnostic mistakes, and an unusually long course of treatment.

Extracted reasoning

The abstract indicates that these exceptional features are sufficient to bridge the gap between the accident and the later psychic complaints in a medium-severity accident case.

Adequate causation for psychic injury after medium accidentAI generated