Key legal question
Whether the legal appeal deadline could be restored because counsel was allegedly prevented by force majeure.
Extracted holding
The alleged circumstance was not proven to the required standard and, in any event, did not qualify as force majeure.
Extracted reasoning
The cantonal court and the Federal Supreme Court held that the omission looked like a common oversight; the evidence did not show an extraordinary, unavoidable event, and the stricter force-majeure standard for statutory deadlines was not met.