Key legal question
Whether the cantonal court correctly held the appeal against the SUVA objection decision to be time-barred
Extracted holding
The cantonal court was right to decline jurisdiction because the appeal was filed out of time under applicable cantonal procedural law.
Extracted reasoning
The Bernese VRPG contained no suspensive-period rule. Its general reference clause did not amount to an adaptation to the later ATSG. Because the canton had not otherwise adapted its law under Art. 82(2) ATSG, the ATSG suspensive period in Art. 38(4) did not apply before 1 January 2008.