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ATA/571/1998•Part-time income assessed using hypothetical full-time earnings
ATA/571/1998Court of Justice / Administrative ChamberSep 15, 1998Dismissed
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The court dismissed the appeal in an accident-insurance dispute. It confirmed that the appellant suffered a 50% incapacity in connection with her arthritic condition and related complaints. It also held that, when calculating loss of earnings for a person working part time, the comparison must be made between the income that could have been earned in full-time employment and the post-accident earning capacity, rather than the income actually realized in part-time work.
Art. 18 LAA; determination of loss of earnings for a part-time insured person and assessment of incapacity: the relevant comparison is between the income hypothetically achievable in full-time employment and the post-accident earning capacity. The actual income from reduced part-time activity is not decisive, since the insured event is to be assessed by reference to earning capacity rather than by the voluntary limitation of work. Where the medical evidence supports a 50% functional limitation, the assessment may be upheld if it is consistent with the overall evidentiary record (consid. 1-3).
Descripteurs
ASSURANCE SOCIALE; ACCIDENT; AA; LESION DE LA COLONNE VERTEBRALE; SYNDROME CERVICAL; LESION DE L'EPAULE; INDEMNITE POUR ATTEINTE A L'INTEGRITE; FRACTURE; ATTEINTE A L'INTEGRITE; INCAPACITE DE GAIN; INCAPACITE DE TRAVAIL; TRAVAIL A TEMPS PARTIEL; RENTE D'INVALIDITE; CALCUL; PERTE DE GAIN; REVENU DETERMINANT; ASSU
Normes
LAA.18
Résumé
Confirmation d'une incapacité de 50 % du fait de l'arthrose dont souffre la recourante. Pour calculer la perte de gain d'une personne travaillant à temps partiel il ne faut pas retenir le revenu réalisé, mais celui qui pourrait être gagné en travaillant à plein temps, et le comparer au revenu réalisable après l'accident.
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Whether the appellant's degree of incapacity should be fixed at 50% in light of her arthritis and related spinal/shoulder complaints.
The court confirmed a 50% incapacity.
The medical findings supported a 50% limitation attributable to the appellant's condition.
How loss of earnings must be calculated for a person working part time after an accident.
For a part-time worker, the decisive comparison is not the actual income earned, but the income that could have been earned on a full-time basis compared with the post-accident earning capacity.
The relevant benchmark is the hypothetical full-time income, because the injury must be assessed against earning capacity and not against a voluntarily reduced workload.
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