Key legal question
Whether the Federal Supreme Court could hear a civil appeal against a first-instance cantonal judgment in public hospital medical liability
Extracted holding
The appeal was inadmissible because the cantonal decision was rendered in first instance and not on appeal, contrary to the double-instance requirement of Art. 75 al. 2 LTF.
Extracted reasoning
Medical liability governed by cantonal public law falls within a matter connected to civil law under Art. 72 al. 2 let. b LTF, but Federal Supreme Court review requires a cantonal last-instance decision issued by a superior court on appeal, absent an applicable exception.