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ATA/666/1996•Adequate causality denied for psychological sequelae after minor accident
ATA/666/1996Court of Justice / Administrative ChamberNov 12, 1996Partially Granted
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The case concerns an insured person who suffered a minor fall on stairs at a swimming pool and later claimed benefits for shoulder injury and psychological sequelae. The court denied adequate causal connection between the benign accident and the psychological disorders. It nevertheless confirmed the assessment of a 10% impairment of physical integrity in relation to the physical injury. The decision therefore separates the psychical consequences from the somatic harm and maintains the physical impairment assessment.
LAA art. 6 para. 1 and art. 18; adequate causality for psychological sequelae after an accident. A minor accident of low intensity does not, absent special circumstances, justify attributing later psychological disorders to the event under the theory of adequate causation. By contrast, where the somatic consequences of the accident are established, the assessment of impairment of physical integrity may be confirmed independently of the denial of psychical causation.
Descripteurs
ASSURANCE SOCIALE; ACCIDENT; AA; INCAPACITE DE TRAVAIL; PHYSIOTHERAPIE; CAUSALITE ADEQUATE; LESION DE L'EPAULE; DEPRESSION; ACCIDENT ANODIN; CHUTE; ASSU
Normes
LAA.6 al.1; LAA.18
Résumé
Lien de causalité adéquat non admise entre une chute bénigne dans un escalier de piscine et des troubles d'ordre psychologiques. En revanche, confirmation d'une incapacité de gain de 10 % pour atteinte à l'intégrité physique. Lien de causalité adéquat non admise entre une chute bénigne dans un escalier de piscine et des troubles d'ordre psychologiques. En revanche, confirmation d'une incapacité de gain de 10 % pour atteinte à l'intégrité physique.
Extracted by Omnilex
Whether the minor pool-stair fall had an adequate causal link to the psychological disorders.
No adequate causal connection was established between the accident and the psychological complaints.
The event was assessed as a slight accident, which did not justify attributing later psychological symptoms to the accident under the adequate causality test.
Whether the 10% impairment of physical integrity should be confirmed.
The 10% impairment of physical integrity was confirmed.
The physical consequences of the shoulder injury justified maintaining the assessed impairment level.
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