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BGH IV ZR 37/12•Separate cost assessment of unsuccessful appeals
BGH IV ZR 37/12Bgh / Civil Chamber IVApr 3, 2013Dismissed
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The Federal Court of Justice rejected the claimant's application against a prior Senate cost order. It held that no unified cost decision was necessary because, when both parties' appeals are unsuccessful, each appeal may be assessed separately for costs. The application was therefore dismissed under § 97 ZPO.
§ 97 ZPO; separate cost assessment where both parties' remedies are unsuccessful: if appeals or other legal remedies fail on both sides, the court is not obliged to issue a single unified cost allocation. Rather, each remedy may be assessed independently for costs (consid. 1). The choice of a separate cost treatment does not require further justification once the mutual lack of success is established.
Entscheidungsdatum: 2013-04-03
Aktenzeichen: IV ZR 37/12
Dokumenttyp: Beschluss
Normen: § 97 ZPO
Vorinstanz: vorgehend OLG Celle, 26. Januar 2012, Az: 8 U 192/10vorgehend LG Hannover, 27. August 2010, Az: 2 O 104/08
Spruchkörper: 4. Zivilsenat
Gesonderte kostenmäßige Beurteilung der Rechtsmittel bei beiderseitiger Erfolglosigkeit
Der Antrag der Klägerin vom 11. März 2013 gegen den Senatsbeschluss vom 6. März 2013 wird zurückgewiesen.
1 Eine einheitliche Kostenentscheidung war nicht veranlasst. Bei Erfolglosigkeit beiderseitiger Rechtsmittel kann jedes dieser Rechtsmittel kostenmäßig gesondert beurteilt werden (Baumbach/Lauterbach/Albers/Hartmann, 71. Aufl. § 97 ZPO Rn. 36).
Mayen Wendt Felsch
Lehmann Dr. Brockmöller
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Whether a single cost decision was required for mutually unsuccessful appeals.
No. Where both parties' appeals fail, each appeal may be assessed for costs separately.
The court stated that a unified cost decision was not necessary and relied on the principle that unsuccessful cross-appeals can be costed separately.
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