Question juridique clé
Whether the cervical disc herniation and myelopathy were in natural causal relation to the 27 October 1997 accident and thus covered under accident insurance.
Solution extraite
The causal link was only possible, not established with predominant probability; accident benefits were therefore not owed for the January 1998 surgery and related disability.
Motifs extraits
The medical evidence did not show that the fall was sufficiently serious or clearly linked in time to the later symptoms. The court preferred the expert report concluding that pre-existing asymptomatic degenerative conditions and the delayed onset of symptoms made causation merely possible.