Question juridique clé
Whether the cantonal social insurance court could hear a direct appeal against the insurer's decision of 18 November 2010
Solution extraite
The appeal was inadmissible because the decision was subject to prior opposition before the insurer.
Motifs extraits
Under Art. 56 al. 1 LPGA, only decisions on opposition or decisions for which opposition is unavailable may be appealed. The challenged accident-insurance benefits decision was an appealable decision under Art. 49 and 52 LPGA, so the opposition remedy had to be exhausted first.