Question juridique clé
Whether the insurer could stop accident insurance benefits on 2010-01-27 because the remaining thumb problems were no longer causally linked to the accident.
Solution extraite
The insurer was entitled to end benefits as of 2010-01-27 because the accident had only temporarily aggravated a pre-existing degenerative condition and the status quo sine was restored by then.
Motifs extraits
The medical file, especially Dr. O.'s reasoned assessment, showed advanced pre-existing rhizarthrosis and no convincing traumatic structural lesion. The court found no contrary medical opinion and accepted that any causal effect of the accident had ended by the arthrodesis date.