Meniscal lesion not qualified as accident

ATA/22/1996Cour de justice / Chambre administrative23 janv. 1996Dismissed

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Résumé Omnilex

The case concerns whether a meniscal lesion is an accident-related injury under accident insurance law. The decision holds that the lesion did not result from an accident within the meaning of Art. 9 al. 1 OLAA, so accident insurance benefits were refused.

Regeste Omnilex

Art. 9 al. 1 OLAA; meniscal lesion and notion of accident-related injury: a meniscal lesion is not covered merely because it is medically diagnosed as a lesion. Coverage requires that the injury fall within the legal notion of an accident or an equivalent accidental lesion. In the absence of such accidental genesis, accident insurance benefits may be refused (cf. consid. unspecified).

Texte intégral

Descripteurs

ASSURANCE SOCIALE; ACCIDENT; AA; NOTION; ASSU

Normes

OLAA.9 al.1

Résumé

Lésion méniscale ne résultant pas d'un accident. Prestations refusées.

Mots-clés

social insuranceaccident insurancemeniscusaccident notionbenefits refusal

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Questions juridiques clés extraites par Omnilex

Question juridique clé

Whether the meniscal lesion qualifies as an accident-related injury under accident insurance law.

Solution extraite

The meniscal lesion did not result from an accident within the meaning of the applicable accident insurance rules.

Motifs extraits

The described injury did not meet the legal notion of an accident or an equivalent accidental lesion under the relevant ordinance provision.

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