Kernrechtsfrage
Whether ETH Zurich is liable in damages for the employment reference allegedly causing unsuccessful job applications
Extrahierter Entscheid
The claimant failed to prove natural causation between the disputed certificate and the job-search failure; the damage claim therefore fails.
Extrahierte Begründung
The federal court held that the first certificate may have suggested a summary dismissal, but the decisive question was causation. The appellate court's finding that the causal link to unemployment was not proven was not manifestly incorrect; the evidence did not show that the certificate was the reason applications failed.