Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the umbilical hernia was causally linked to the accident and thus covered by accident insurance.
Decisione estratta
An umbilical hernia is generally a disease-related condition and only exceptionally an accident consequence; the required exceptional accident mechanism was not shown here.
Motivazione estratta
The court applied the case law on abdominal and inguinal hernias by analogy to umbilical hernias. The delay before medical consultation and the treating physician’s repeated view that the hernia was a pre-existing disease spoke against accident causation.