MIGRAINES DID NOT CONSTITUTE AN OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE

Release date: January 19, 2007

MIGRAINES DID NOT CONSTITUTE AN OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE

The employer alleges that migraines and headaches that affect the worker do not constitute an occupational disease. According to the CLP, the history of the worker's symptomatology does not correspond to a pattern of causal relationship with his exposure to chemical substances. In fact, in spite of stopping work and temporary assignment to office work, he continued to suffer from headaches. Moreover, at the first medical consultation, the worker was diagnosed as having a major depression. Now migraine is a vascular ailment of genetic origin that can be triggered by numerous factors, such as stress, emotions and sleep disorders, and the worker was already aware of his problems prior to his claim for professional disease. As a consequence, the claim is dismissed. .Bombardier Aéronautique inc.. and .Michel Desrosiers., CLP 242496-63-0409 and 280382-63-0601, 2006-11-06, Me Francine Mercure

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