Indemnisation : un arrêt pour trois principes

The decree pronounced by the Court of Cassation's First Civil Division could represent a landmark decision on three levels. In terms of compensation for medical damages, it brings the hollow offer that the insurance proposes to the victim down to no offer at all as stated in the L. 1142-15 indent 5 article of the Public Health Code. It then introduces an original prejudice: the loss of the opportunity of postponing death and ensuring a better and less painful life-ending constitutes a damage that can be repaired. Finally, it establishes that the occupational health-care service fails to ensure the continuity of support and engages its civil liability when, facing an alarming diagnostic, it neglects to send the patient towards his or her GP.