Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the lower court correctly calculated the company’s damage under Art. 755 CO by comparing a going-concern valuation at the hypothetical bankruptcy date with a liquidation valuation at the actual bankruptcy date.
Extrahierter Entscheid
The damage assessment was incorrect because it compared non-comparable valuation bases; liquidation values had to be used for both dates.
Extrahierte Begründung
Under the difference theory, damage is the increase in the shortfall between the date when bankruptcy should have occurred and the date when it actually occurred. Since actual bankruptcy leads to liquidation, both snapshots must be based on liquidation values; mixing going-concern and liquidation values artificially inflates the damage.