Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the administrative court has subject-matter jurisdiction over state-liability claims under cantonal law and Art. 955 CC
Decisione estratta
Yes. Under § 48(1)(a) and (c) of the court organization statute, claims against the State based on cantonal liability law and Art. 955 CC are to be decided by the administrative court.
Motivazione estratta
The court held that private-law and public-law state liability are closely connected. In Solothurn, the legislature had already assigned public-law damages claims against the State and municipalities to the administrative court for reasons of coherence and procedural economy. Extending that solution to federal-law state-liability claims was justified and compatible with federal law; the court saw no reason to deny its jurisdiction.