Whether the cantonal social insurance court had subject-matter jurisdiction over the challenge to the insurer's decision on a private supplementary insurance contract.
No. The dispute was governed by private insurance law, and after 1 January 2011 such disputes had to be brought before the ordinary civil courts by action, not by appeal to the social insurance court.
The court held that the contract was subject to the LCA, not the LAMal. The former cantonal decree conferring jurisdiction on the social insurance court had been abrogated as of 1 January 2011. Since the application was filed after that date, the court lacked subject-matter jurisdiction under the CPC and could not enter into the matter.