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Personality Infringement Due to Defamatory Statements in Labor Dispute

Case Number 11 06 145
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Jurisdiction Switzerland · Canton of Lucerne (CH-LU)
Decision Date
Outcome Partially Allowed
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A party sought provisional measures against another for alleged unlawful infringement of personal rights under Art. 28 of the Civil Code due to statements made in leaflets and online, claiming the opponent falsely portrayed them as an uncontrolled, violent employer forcing loyalty from staff. The court affirmed that while strong language is permissible in labor disputes, value judgments such as "shameless" and "absolute disrespect towards one's own staff," as well as accusations of shamelessly exploiting the economic dependence of employees, exceed the permissible limit for expression by unnecessarily and injuriously degrading the individual, thus constituting a personality infringement under Art. 28 ZGB.

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Art. 28 ZGB. Werturteile wie "schamlos" und "absolute Respektlosigkeit gegenüber der eigenen Belegschaft" sind persönlichkeitsverletzend im Sinne von Art. 28 ZGB. | Personenrecht

Keywords

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infringement of personality rights labor disputes value in dispute economic rights defamation psychological harassment at work

Cited Legislation

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Art. 28 ZGB
Cited to determine that the judgments regarding conduct as 'shameless' and 'absolute disrespect towards one's own staff' violate personal rights.
Art. 28c ZGB
Mentioned in the context of the petition for provisional measures based on a violation of personal rights.
Art. 28c Abs. 1 ZGB
Art. 66 Abs. 1 LTF
This provision is typically used for imposing costs, but since the provided text does not contain a numbered dispositive ordering costs based on this article, it is excluded based on the strict rule of only including provisions cited in the final numbered orders. (Note: The provided text seems to be an excerpt focusing on reasoning, and the actual numbered dispositive with cost implications is missing or not fully provided in the requested format to cite a cost provision.)

Cited Case Law

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BGE 126 III 308
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11 01 93
Employee Dismissal for Workplace Insult
11 06 153
Directory Publisher Accusations and Personality Rights
21 10 58
Attorney's Psychiatric Remarks in Tenancy Dispute Not Defamatory Due to Good Faith Belief in Complainant's Abnormal Behavior
V 05 237 2
Damages for Unlawful Ordinary Termination of Public-Law Employment and Scope of Compensation
11 08 80
Assertion of Imminent Threat Required for Injunction Against Private Defamatory Statements

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Art. 28 ZGB

Cited to determine that the judgments regarding conduct as 'shameless' and 'absolute disrespect towards one's own staff' violate personal rights.

Art. 28c ZGB

Mentioned in the context of the petition for provisional measures based on a violation of personal rights.

Art. 66 Abs. 1 LTF

This provision is typically used for imposing costs, but since the provided text does not contain a numbered dispositive ordering costs based on this article, it is excluded based on the strict rule of only including provisions cited in the final numbered orders. (Note: The provided text seems to be an excerpt focusing on reasoning, and the actual numbered dispositive with cost implications is missing or not fully provided in the requested format to cite a cost provision.)

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Rechtsprechung Luzern

Instanz: · Obergericht

Abteilung: · I. Kammer

Rechtsgebiet: · Personenrecht

Entscheiddatum: · 18.12.2006

Fallnummer: · 11 06 145

LGVE: · 2007 I Nr. 3

Leitsatz: · Art. 28 ZGB. Werturteile wie "schamlos" und "absolute Respektlosigkeit gegenüber der eigenen Belegschaft" sind persönlichkeitsverletzend im Sinne von Art. 28 ZGB.

Rechtskraft: · Diese Entscheidung ist rechtskräftig.