projetos
ATA/202/1995 ΓÇó Adequate causal link denied for minor accident psych claims
ATA/202/1995Tribunal de Justiça / Câmara Administrativa11 de abr. de 1995Dismissed
The Swiss Federal Court dealt with an accident-insurance dispute concerning psychological aftereffects allegedly caused by an accident. It held that the event was of little severity, or at most at the lower end of medium gravity. Of the adequacy criteria developed in case law, only physical pain was present. Given the limited gravity of the accident, that single criterion was not enough to establish an adequate causal link between the accident and the insured person’s psychological disorders. The appeal was therefore dismissed.
Art. 6 LAA; adequate causal connection for psychological sequelae after an accident of minor gravity: where the accident is of little severity, or merely at the lower limit of medium gravity, the adequacy of causal link to later psychological complaints requires that several of the relevant criteria be met, or that particularly weighty circumstances compensate for the limited seriousness of the event. The mere presence of one criterion, here physical pain, is insufficient to establish adequacy in light of the accident’s relative insignificance (consid. unspecified).
Descripteurs
ASSURANCE SOCIALE; ACCIDENT; AA; CAUSALITE NATURELLE; CAUSALITE ADEQUATE; AFFECTION PSYCHIQUE; ACCIDENT DE PEU DE GRAVITE
Normes
LAA.6
Résumé
Pas de causalité adéquate; troubles psychiques;accident de peu de gravité. Même si on considérait que l'accident était de gravité moyenne, il devrait être classé à la limite inférieur de ce type d'accident. Parmi tous les critères mentionnés par le TF pour admettre un lieu de causalité adéquate, seul celui des douleurs physiques serait présent. Compte tenu de la gravité toute relative, la présence de ce seul élément ne suffit pas à fonder un lien de causalité adéquate avec les troubles psychiques du recourant.