Questão jurídica principal
Whether the Vaud social insurance court had territorial jurisdiction over the appeal against the accident insurer's opposition decision.
Decisão extraída
No. The competent court is that of the insured person's canton of domicile; because the appellant was domiciled in Fribourg, Vaud lacked jurisdiction.
Fundamentação extraída
Under Art. 58 LPGA in conjunction with Art. 1 LAA, the forum is the insured person's canton of domicile. The insurer is not an 'other party' within Art. 58 LPGA, and the forum rule is mandatory. The appeal was therefore inadmissible and had to be transmitted ex officio to the Fribourg court under Art. 58(3) LPGA.