Question juridique clé
Whether the appellant proved a natural causal link between the boat collision and his later health problems and work incapacity.
Solution extraite
The appellate court’s causation analysis was incomplete because it failed to address whether the collision may have been an indirect partial cause of the later complaints.
Motifs extraits
Natural causation can exist even for indirect and partial causes. The lower court ignored parts of the medical reports suggesting the boat accident contributed to a combined chronicization of the complaints. The matter had to be reexamined with the existing expert evidence or clarified by a targeted expert question.