Tojner against Burgenland: court confirms compensation of 15,000 euros

Tojner against Burgenland: court confirms compensation of 15,000 euros

In a sensational case, the Supreme Court (OGH) decided on Friday that the investor Michael Tojner will not receive any further compensation from the state of Burgenland. Previously, tojner had initially called for a million dollar compensation, which has now been reduced to 103,295 euros. He argued that the public announcement of a criminal complaint caused by the discration of the non -profit organization of the housing associations Pannonia, Riedenhof and Gesfö had caused considerable damage to reputation. According to orf Burgenland , the OGH confirmed the decision of the Higher Regional Court of Vienna and rejected the revision tojner due to a lack of importance for the legal unit.

While the regional court of Eisenstadt Tojner initially promised a small amount of 15,000 euros, the additional request for 82,000 euros and a partial claim was rejected. The court saw it injured that the country had published too many details on the advertisement, which was violating the torture of the official. A spokesman for the country also expressed that the decision was not yet final, as reported. Tojner's lawyer described the judgment as "trend -setting" and criticized the state government for a pre -convicting media campaign, which in his opinion went beyond the appropriate level of public relations

The legal dispute shows the complex relationship between the investor and the country, especially in view of the severe allegations of fraud that tojner has always rejected. According to the country's lawyer, the public interest in the criminal complaint was considered crucial, but the degree of detail of the published information in the judge's eyes was inappropriately high. Despite the decisive resistance of the country against the entire lawsuit, it remains to be seen whether tojner will be successful in a possible calling. The process ultimately transferred the state of Burgenland into a cheap position because the costs for the lawsuit exceed the amount that the tojner could receive.