Question juridique clé
Whether the employee was entitled to terminate the employment contract immediately for just cause under Art. 337 CO.
Solution extraite
Yes. The employer's permanent exclusion of the player from the first team, combined with public insults by the coach, made continuation of the relationship intolerable.
Motifs extraits
The employer's reaction was disproportionate to a single on-field insubordination. The employee had served for over five years, had no prior incidents, and was deprived of meaningful employment and sporting development. The coach's press statements aggravated the breach of trust.