Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the late-reported left ankle complaints were causally linked to the insured accident of 5 August 2003.
Decisione estratta
The evidence showed no natural causal link with sufficient probability between the later left ankle complaints and the insured accident.
Motivazione estratta
The Federal Court gave full probative value to the orthopedic expert's reports, found that the cantonal court had wrongly substituted its own assessment for the expert opinion, and held that the complaints were not credibly attributable to accident-related injury but to a pre-existing generalized ligamentous laxity.