Judiciary Federal Court sees no illegality in corona measures
The Federal Supreme Court has ruled that the measures issued by the Federal Council during the coronavirus pandemic were not unlawful. This means that there is no legal basis for the damages claimed by over 10,000 people.
29.08.2024, 11:10
29.08.2024, 11:55
SDA
As provided for in state liability actions against the Swiss Confederation, the plaintiffs' lawyer and the federal government's representative were able to make their pleadings on Thursday. The first stage of the proceedings was to assess whether the actions of the Federal Council and the authorities were unlawful or not.
The Federal Council rejected the claim for damages of one symbolic franc per plaintiff in April 2022. The plaintiffs then appealed to the Federal Supreme Court. They also applied for the Federal Supreme Court to declare that the measures were unlawful.
Franz Stadelmann, initiator of the lawsuit, expected this ruling. It fits the picture: "Where politics takes precedence over establishing the truth and thus the law, the boundary between democracy and dictatorship has long since been crossed."
