Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the health insurer covering accident risk under Art. 1(2)(b) KVG/LAMal may reduce treatment and expense benefits because the insured did not wear a seatbelt and rode with an intoxicated driver.
Decisione estratta
No. The insurer may reduce such benefits only if the insured intentionally caused the health impairment; mere gross negligence is insufficient.
Motivazione estratta
The accident coverage assumed by the health insurer under the statutory subsidiary clause is limited by the reduction rule of Art. 37 LAA only for intentional self-inflicted injury. Failure to wear a seatbelt does not satisfy that threshold.