projets
ATA/397/1997 ΓÇó Accident-related limitations only in disability assessment
ATA/397/1997Cour de justice / Chambre administrative24 juin 1997Confirmed
The dispute concerned the CNA's assessment of disability after an accident. The court held that the CNA had properly conducted the required economic inquiry by asking seven Geneva employers for detailed information on suitable jobs, including the work content, necessary training, working posture, and expected earnings. It also held that back pain unrelated to the accident did not have to be taken into account in the CNA assessment. This justified the difference from invalidity insurance, which had assessed disability at 60%.
Art. 18 al. 2 LAA; assessment of loss of earning capacity in accident insurance. The determining factor is the accident-related reduction in earning capacity; complaints lacking causal link to the insured accident are excluded from the assessment. The insurer may base the economic inquiry on sufficiently concrete information from potential employers concerning the nature of the work, required training, working posture, and achievable income. A divergent invalidity-insurance assessment does not preclude a different result where the relevant causal and assessment criteria differ.
Descripteurs
AFFECTION DU PIED; INVALIDITE(INFIRMITE); INCAPACITE DE TRAVAIL; INCAPACITE DE GAIN; CAUSALITE; LESION DE LA COLONNE VERTEBRALE; EVALUATION DE L'INVALIDITE; ACTIVITE HYPOTHETIQUE; ENQUETE ECONOMIQUE; RENTE D'INVALIDITE; ASSURANCE SOCIALE; ASSU
Normes
LAA.18 al.2
Résumé
La CNA a convenablement procédé à l'enquête économique requise en obtenant de 7 entreprises genevoises des explications circonstanciées s'agissant d'emplois à la portée de la recourante, notamment en ce qui concernait la nature du travail proposé et la formation exigée, la position dans laquelle il pouvait être effectué, ainsi que les gains qu'il permettait de réaliser. Les douleurs dorsales n'étant pas liées à l'accident, c'est à bon droit que la CNA n'en a pas tenu compte dans cette évaluation, contrairement à l'assurance-invalidité, ce qui justifie la différence d'appréciation (15 % pour la CNA et 60 % pour l'AI).