Question juridique clé
Whether the insurer could stop accident benefits as of 2006-09-11 because the natural causal link with the 2006-08-18 accident had ceased.
Solution extraite
Yes. The evidence showed that the accident-related effects had ended within about three weeks and that the remaining wrist problems were attributable to an old scaphoid fracture and degenerative changes.
Motifs extraits
The court gave probative value to the medical file, especially the orthopedic opinions, which consistently described a pre-existing fracture evolving into pseudarthrosis and arthrosis. The appellant offered no contrary medical evidence undermining the conclusion that the status quo sine had been reached.