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[What should the Swiss ophthalmologist know about integrity damage?]
Klinische Monatsblatter Fur Augenheilkunde
|May 1, 1990
Summary
Swiss social insurance offers a one-time capital sum to compensate for permanent physical or mental impairment from accidents or occupational diseases. This differs from monthly invalidity pensions that cover lost income.
Area of Science:
- Social Insurance Law
- Occupational Health
Context:
- Swiss social insurance system
- Legislation effective January 1, 1984
Purpose:
- To introduce a new instrument for compensating non-economic damage.
- To provide a capital sum for permanent reduction in physical or mental integrity.
Summary:
- Compensation is for immaterial, permanent, and significant loss of integrity due to accidents or occupational diseases.
- Indemnity is a one-time, abstract, and egalitarian capital sum.
- Distinct from invalidity pensions, which compensate for economic loss (reduced income).
Impact:
- Provides a framework for non-economic damage compensation in Swiss social insurance.
- Ensures abstract and egalitarian compensation, independent of personal factors.
- Clarifies the distinction between capital indemnity and income-replacement pensions.