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CISG-online number
5693
Case name
Chicory harvesting machine (attorney liability) case
Jurisdiction
Switzerland
Court
Bundesgericht/Tribunal fédéral (Swiss Federal Supreme Court)
Chamber
I. zivilrechtliche Abteilung/Ire Cour de droit civil (1st department for civil law matters)
Judges
Fabienne Hohl (Presiding Judge), Martha Niquille (Judge), Yves Rüedi (Judge), Emanuel Bittel (Gerichtsschreiber)
Date of decision
22 September 2021
Case nr./docket nr.
4A_187/2021
Claimant 1
Place of business
Switzerland
Role in transaction
Buyer
Respondent 1
Place of business
Switzerland
Role in transaction
Buyer's attorney in a prior legal proceeding
Case History
Chicory harvesting machine (attorney liability) case
Kreisgericht Rheintal (Court of First Instance Rheintal)
Switzerland, 30 October 2018 – OV.2014.7-RH3ZK-REU, CISG-online 5499
Chicory harvesting machine (attorney liability) case
Kantonsgericht St. Gallen (Court of Appeal Canton St. Gallen)
Switzerland, 17 February 2021 – BO.2019.5, CISG-online 5687
affirming
Present decision affirming
Related Case
Chicory harvesting machine case
Kreisgericht Rheintal (Court of First Instance Rheintal)
Switzerland, 06 November 2012 – OV.2011.4-RH3ZK-REU, CISG-online 4859
Seller 1
Name
C. [...] S.a.r.l.
Place of business
France
Buyer 1
Place of business
Switzerland
Role in trade
End-user of the goods
Category of goods
72: Machinery specialized for particular industries
Goods as per contract
Chicory harvesting machine
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(a)
Key CISG provisions interpreted and applied
Art. 74; Art. 75
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 72
Non-provision-specific issues addressed
Attorney liability
Comments on this decision 4
Christoph Brunner, Dario Galli & Markus Vischer, 'Die Rechtsprechung des Bundesgerichts zum Kaufvertragsrecht im Jahr 2021', Jusletter (5. Dezember 2022), 1–41, at no. 1–23 [– in German]
Thomas Koller, 'Die Chicorée-Erntemaschine, das UN-Kaufrecht (CISG) und die Anwaltshaftung: Ein Lehrstück für Anwältinnen, Studierende und (weitere) Interessierte', Jusletter (14. Februar 2022), 1–22 [– in German]
Thomas Koller, 'Aspekte des Schadenrechts im UN-Kaufrecht (CISG): Illustriert anhand eines Beispiels aus der Praxis der schweizerischen Zivilgerichte', Internationales Handelsrecht (IHR) (2023), 53–60 [– in German]
Ulrich G. Schroeter, Internationales UN-Kaufrecht, 7th ed., Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck (2022), at no. 23 [– in German]
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Original language: German