Key legal question
Whether the employee's summary dismissal was justified under Art. 343(4) OR and related ex officio evidentiary duties were breached.
Extracted holding
The cantonal court did not violate the ex officio evidence rule; its assessment of the evidence was binding on federal appeal, and the dismissal remained unjustified.
Extracted reasoning
The ex officio rule does not relieve the parties of active cooperation, and when a party is represented by counsel the court may generally rely on counsel to present the case completely. The appellant's criticism targeted evidence appreciation, which is not reviewable on federal appeal. The lower court was not required to seek further evidence once it had formed its conviction.