Questão jurídica principal
Whether CNA had to continue accident insurance benefits after 2002-09-01 for cervical complaints and dysthymia
Decisão extraída
No. The insurer could end benefits because the remaining symptoms were not shown to be adequately causally linked to the accident.
Fundamentação extraída
The medical file did not establish a clearly diagnosed psychiatric disorder requiring application of somatoform jurisprudence, and the accident was only of medium severity at the lower end. Considering the modified criteria for whiplash-type injuries, the intensity of pain alone did not suffice to found adequate causation.