Four areas. In each one a different body decides — and in each one a deadline is running that no one keeps for you.
The deadlines set in red are the short ones. Once one has expired, the claim is as a rule lost — no matter how well founded it was.
Liability law
We quantify the entire personal injury loss — loss of earnings up to retirement age, pension loss, household loss, care and nursing costs, satisfaction — and conduct the negotiation with the other party's liability insurer. If no settlement is reached, we litigate.
First the liability insurer itself — it is a party, not an authority. Then the district court (Kreisgericht) at the defendant's domicile or at the place of the accident, followed by the Cantonal Court of St. Gallen and the Federal Supreme Court.
relative limitation period from knowledge of the loss and of the person liable Art. 60 CO
absolute limitation period for personal injury from the harmful conduct Art. 60 para. 1bis CO
Social insurance law
We review daily allowance, pension and integrity compensation decisions, read the insurance-medical expert reports ourselves and, where they do not hold up, counter them with a reasoned critique. Objection, appeal to the insurance court, appeal to the Federal Supreme Court.
Suva or a private UVG insurer, the IV office of the Canton of St. Gallen, the health insurer. Then the Insurance Court of the Canton of St. Gallen, and finally the Federal Supreme Court in Lucerne.
objection to a ruling Art. 52 ATSG
appeal to the cantonal insurance court Art. 60 ATSG
objection to the IV preliminary decision Art. 73ter IVV
waiting period: an IV pension entitlement arises at the earliest six months after registration — registering late means losing benefits Art. 29 IVG
Injured parties in criminal proceedings
We constitute you as a private claimant on the criminal and the civil points, inspect the files, file evidentiary motions and accompany you to hearings. What is established in the criminal investigation later carries the liability case — or is missing from it.
The public prosecutor's office of the Canton of St. Gallen, then the district and cantonal courts. Victim assistance is decided by the cantonal victim assistance centre, independently of the criminal proceedings.
criminal complaint for offences prosecuted on complaint, from knowledge of the offender Art. 31 SCC
appeal against procedural acts, notice of appeal against a judgment Art. 396 / 399 CCP
application for victim assistance compensation and satisfaction from the offence Art. 25 OHG
Law of succession
Division, hotchpot and abatement, execution of wills, actions for invalidity and inheritance actions. After a fatal accident, succession and the survivors' liability claims come together — we conduct both.
The division authority or the district court at the last domicile of the deceased. We carry out public authentications ourselves as notaries.
renunciation of the inheritance Art. 567 CC
action for invalidity and abatement from knowledge of the ground Art. 521 / 533 CC
If you have received a ruling, the date on the envelope counts. Call before the 30 days run out.