Key legal question
Whether the bank is liable for its employee’s conduct under mandate and culpa in contrahendo
Extracted holding
The bank’s liability was upheld in principle because the employee breached duties of care and loyalty in the context of the transactions.
Extracted reasoning
The court found no arbitrariness in the finding that the employee’s overall conduct toward the customers, including failure to clarify the bank’s non-involvement and his conflict of interest, amounted to a breach attributable to the bank under Art. 101 OR.