ATA/504/1997•Natural and adequate causation for whiplash-related pain
ATA/504/1997Court of Justice / Administrative ChamberAug 26, 1997Granted
Extracted by Omnilex
The case concerns accident-insurance coverage after a whiplash-type cervical trauma. The court accepted natural and adequate causation between the accident and the insured person's physical pain. On that basis, it upheld the award of an impairment-of-integrity indemnity for the pain suffered.
Art. 6 al. 1 LAA; whiplash-type cervical trauma and impairment of integrity: where the accident causes persistent physical pain, natural and adequate causation may be admitted and an indemnity for impairment of integrity awarded for the bodily suffering. The decisive factor is the accident-related somatic symptomatology; the compensable impairment need not be limited to objectively measurable structural lesions, provided the pain is sufficiently attributable to the insured event.
Descripteurs
ASSURANCE SOCIALE; ACCIDENT; AA; CAUSALITE NATURELLE; CAUSALITE ADEQUATE; TRAUMATISME CERVICAL; ASSU
Normes
LAA.6 al.1
Résumé
Causalité admise dans le cadre de douleurs physiques suite à un coup du lapin. Indemnité pour atteinte à l'intégrité versée pour les douleurs ressenties.
Extracted by Omnilex
Whether the accident-related neck injury established natural and adequate causation for ongoing physical pain.
Causation was accepted for the physical pain following the whiplash injury.
The decision treats the complained-of physical symptoms after a cervical acceleration trauma as sufficiently connected to the accident.
Whether an impairment-of-integrity indemnity could be awarded for the pain experienced.
An impairment-of-integrity indemnity was granted for the pain suffered.
The compensable impairment was based on the persisting bodily pain attributed to the accident.
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