Facts
X, a civil servant of the Canton of Vaud, attempted suicide on September 23, 1987 and was hospitalized until September 25, 1987. The Swiss Christian Social Health and Accident Insurance Fund (the Christian Social Health Insurance Fund) referred X to assert his rights towards the compulsory accident insurance, considering that the condition that led to the hospitalization should be considered an accident. The Vaud Cantonal Accident and Sickness Insurance Fund (the Vaud Cantonal Fund), as the accident insurer for civil servants of the Canton of Vaud, refused to cover the case on December 14, 1987, on the grounds that X had voluntarily injured his left wrist. The Christian Social Health Insurance Fund then filed an objection to this decision, citing a medical report from the B. Psychiatric Hospital as new evidence justifying the revision of the initial decision. Its appeals were ultimately rejected.
Considerations
The Federal Insurance Court considered that the Christian Social Health Insurance Fund had standing to appeal under Art. 129 OLAA, even though this provision expressly deals only with the allocation of benefits between accident insurance and another social insurance. Indeed, it would be illogical to recognize an insurer's right to challenge a decision setting the rate of allocation of benefits, but to refuse it the right to object to an act denying any liability of the accident insurance.
However, the Court held that the conditions…