projets
ATA/468/1996 ΓÇó Adequate causality of psychical disorders after a medium accident
ATA/468/1996Cour de justice / Chambre administrative28 août 1996Dismissed
The case concerns an accident insurance claim for psychical disorders said to have arisen from guilt feelings after a medium-severity traffic accident that left no particular sequelae for the victims. The court held that such disorders are not in adequate causal connection with the accident. The claim was therefore rejected.
Art. 6 para. 1 LAA; adequate causal connection between an accident and psychical sequelae. Psychical disorders developing from feelings of guilt after a medium-severity traffic accident, where the event did not produce particular consequences for the victims, are not adequately caused by the accident. In assessing adequate causation, the ordinary criteria applicable to accident sequelae must be applied; where the accident lacks special gravity or particularly striking consequences, the chain is interrupted for purely psychogenic reactions based on subjective guilt feelings.
Descripteurs
ASSURANCE SOCIALE; ACCIDENT DE GRAVITE MOYENNE; CAUSALITE ADEQUATE; AFFECTION PSYCHIQUE; ASSU
Normes
LAA.6 al.1
Résumé
Des troubles psychiques, développés par sentiment de culpabilité à la suite d'un accident de la circulation de gravité moyenne n'ayant pas entraîné de sequelles particulières pour les victimes, ne peuvent être mis en relation de causalité adéquate avec l'accident.