Detective report alone cannot end social insurance incapacity

ATA/175/1997Tribunal de Justiça / Câmara Administrativa11 de mar. de 1997

Extraído pela Omnilex

Resumo Omnilex

The dispute concerned the insurer's attempt to deny ongoing incapacity benefits based on a detective report. The report showed the insured working only a few hours, but the investigations established that she merely helped her sister from time to time. The decision holds that such limited surveillance is insufficient to prove that the insured is no longer unable to work.

Sumário Omnilex

Art. 6 LAA; proof of cessation of incapacity to work by surveillance evidence. A private detective report observing only occasional, short-duration activity does not by itself establish restored earning capacity or the end of incapacity. Where the overall evidentiary record shows merely sporadic assistance to a relative, the insurer may not infer regular gainful work from isolated observations; the assessment must be based on the complete factual findings and not on selective surveillance excerpts.

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Descripteurs

ASSURANCE SOCIALE; CAUSALITE; ACCIDENT; AA; AFFECTION PSYCHIQUE; TRAVAIL; ASSU

Normes

LAA.6

Résumé

L'assurance ne peut se fonder sur un rapport de détective ayant vu l'assurée travailler quelques heures (pour considérer que celle-ci n'est plus incapable de travailler), les enquêtes ayant démontré qu'elle n'a fait qu'aider sa soeur de temps à autre.

Palavras-chave

social insurancecausationaccidentpsychic conditionwork incapacitysurveillance evidence

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Questões jurídicas principais extraídas pela Omnilex

Questão jurídica principal

Whether a private detective report showing a few hours of work is sufficient to conclude that the insured is no longer incapable of work under social insurance law.

Decisão extraída

No. The insurer cannot rely on that report alone where the investigations show only occasional help to the insured's sister.

Fundamentação extraída

A few observed hours of activity did not establish restored work capacity; the broader investigation contradicted the inference that the insured had resumed regular work.

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