Questão jurídica principal
Whether Ticino courts had ratione loci jurisdiction under the Lugano Convention for the insurance dispute
Decisão extraída
Yes. The insurance contract fell within 'civil and commercial matters' and the insured could sue at the insured's domicile under Art. 8 CL; the contractual forum clause was ineffective because it was not agreed after the dispute arose.
Fundamentação extraída
The insurer's contracts were comparable to those of a private insurer; its public-law character and public-interest mission did not remove the contract from the Convention. The court reaffirmed its prior case law and found no reason to depart from it.