Facts
W., born in 1954, was compulsorily insured with the Swiss National Accident Insurance Fund (SUVA) as a master carpenter/managing director at K. AG since 1986. On July 16, 2004, he suffered a crush trauma to his right wrist with damage to the median and ulnar nerves in a work accident. SUVA initially provided the statutory benefits, but discontinued them on May 8, 2006 for medical costs and on May 21, 2006 for daily allowances, as the complaints were no longer related to the accident.
The insured person filed a complaint against this decision. The Social Insurance Court of the Canton of Zurich dismissed the complaint. The insured person then appealed to the Federal Supreme Court, requesting that SUVA be obligated to provide the statutory benefits, in particular daily allowances and costs of medical treatment, and possibly a pension and an integrity compensation.
Considerations
The Federal Supreme Court states that the reports of the physicians Dr. D. of March 3, 2006 and Dr. H. of April 5, 2006 do not meet the jurisprudential requirements for a conclusive medical basis. The file is contradictory and incomplete, so that the causal link between the accident and the right hand/arm complaints as well as the resulting…