ATA/543/1998•Natural causal link to accident not established
ATA/543/1998Tribunal de Justiça / Câmara Administrativa1 de set. de 1998Dismissed
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In this accident-insurance matter, the court held that the insured person had not proven a natural causal link between the accident and the health complaints. The expert evidence went no further than stating that such a link was possible. On that basis, entitlement to benefits under the Accident Insurance Act was denied.
Art. 6 LAA; natural causal link between accident and health impairment must be established with sufficient probability. A merely possible causal connection, even if mentioned by experts, is not enough to found entitlement to accident-insurance benefits. Where the evidence remains at the level of a possibility, the claim fails for lack of proof of causation.
Descripteurs
ASSURANCE SOCIALE; ACCIDENT; AA; CAUSALITE NATURELLE; ASSU
Normes
LAA.6
Résumé
Lien de causalité naturelle avec l'accident non établi, les experts ayant admis qu'un tel lien était seulement possible.
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Whether the insured person proved a natural causal link between the accident and the complained-of condition.
No. The experts only admitted that such a link was possible, which was insufficient to establish natural causation.
A merely possible causal link does not meet the proof required for entitlement under accident insurance.
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