Question juridique clé
Whether the insured's knee complaints still had a causal link to the accident when benefits were stopped at the end of January 2003.
Solution extraite
The medical record did not prove with predominant probability that the accident's causal significance had ceased by then.
Motifs extraits
For a pre-existing condition, liability ends only once status quo ante or sine is reached, and the insurer bears the burden of proving this. The file left open whether the accident had activated a latent surgical indication and whether the operation timing was accident-determined.