Assessment of impairment compensation considering pre-existing eye damage

ATA/451/1996Corte di giustizia / Camera amministrativa27 ago 1996Modified

Estratto da Omnilex

Sintesi Omnilex

The court held that, when calculating impairment compensation under Art. 24(1) LAA, the existing impairment of the right eye had to be taken into account. Because the appellant had already suffered damage to the right eye and then lost a substantial part of the vision in the left eye in an accident, the degree of impairment was assessed as greater. The compensation was therefore increased to CHF 63,180.

Massima Omnilex

Art. 24 al. 1 LAA; determination of impairment compensation where the insured person already suffers from a pre-existing impairment of another organ, here an eye: the assessment of the loss of physical or mental integrity must be made taking into account the combined functional impact of the accident-related damage and the prior impairment. If the pre-existing condition increases the overall effects of the accident, it must be reflected in the IPAI calculation; an isolated assessment of the newly caused damage alone is impermissible.

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Descripteurs

ASSURANCE SOCIALE; AFFECTION OCULAIRE; INDEMNITE(EN GENERAL); ATTEINTE A L'INTEGRITE; INDEMNITE POUR ATTEINTE A L'INTEGRITE; ASSU

Normes

LAA.24 al.1

Résumé

Augmentation de l'IPAI à 63'180.- pour le recourant qui a perdu la vue partie importante de la vision de l'oeil gauche dans un accident alors que l'oeil droit était déjà atteint. Prise en compte du fait que l'oeil droit était atteint dans le calcul de l'indemnité.

Parole chiave

social insuranceimpairment compensationeye injurypre-existing conditiondisability assessment

Estratto da Omnilex

Questioni giuridiche chiave estratte da Omnilex

Questione giuridica chiave

Whether the impairment compensation under Art. 24(1) LAA had to take into account the pre-existing impairment of the right eye.

Decisione estratta

Yes. The compensation had to be increased because the pre-existing damage to the right eye had to be considered in the assessment.

Motivazione estratta

The court accepted that the functional impact of the accident could not be assessed in isolation from the already impaired other eye, so the degree of impairment was greater than if the right eye had been healthy.

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