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VakO 29.5.1979/9931:78 AI generated

Insurance court denied compensation for mental illness caused by a traffic accident injury.

Case Number VakO 29.5.1979/9931:78
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Jurisdiction Finland (FI)
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Outcome Dismissed
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The Insurance Court dismissed the claim for compensation regarding mental illnesses diagnosed after a traffic accident. The employee suffered neck injuries in a 1977 accident, followed by diagnoses of depression, psychosis, and nervousness, which the insurer rejected as unrelated. The court ruled that these conditions were direct neurological sequelae of the initial neck trauma and thus compensable.

Legislator headnote

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Insurance Act s. 10; Insurance Court Act s. 10: Mental illnesses arising directly from a traffic accident injury are compensable as work-related or accident-related damages.

Keywords

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traffic accident compensation mental illness causation neurological sequelae insurance liability work injury benefits

Cited Legislation

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Insurance Act s. 10
Insurance Court Act s. 10
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insurance_1981_2339-1980
Insurance court dismisses claim for mental distress damages due to lack of direct causal link between accidents and psychological injury.
kko-other_2013_1630
Supreme Court allows insurance company to deny accident benefits after new medical evidence shows injury occurred post-policy period.
kko-other_2002_1662
Supreme Court dismisses claim that brain injury stems from old neck sprain, finding no causal link.
kko-precedent_1997_163
Supreme Court dismisses claim where whiplash injury causation is medically possible but not definitively proven by expert evidence.
insurance_2006_8319-2005
Insurance court lacks jurisdiction to assess causation between injury and accident under specific disability compensation law.

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Työntekijä oli lokakuussa 1977 liikenneonnettomuudessa venähdyttänyt ja nyrjäyttänyt kaulansa. Seuraavana vuonna hänen oli todettu potevan mielenmasennusta, luulosairautta ja heikkohermoisuutta. VAKO epäsi korvauksen sairauksista. IV -jaosto KKO 14.5.1982. Mielenmasennukseksi, luulosairaudeksi ja heikkohermoisuudeksi katsotut sairaudet olivat työntekijän tapaturmassa saamasta niskan retkahdusvammasta johtuneina aivoperäisiä oireita ja määräsi niistä suoritettavaksi korvauksen. (Lääkintöhallitus: Harenko)