Question juridique clé
Whether the Luzern appeal court committed excessive formalism by refusing to consider parts of the appellants' brief that did not expressly engage with the first-instance judgment.
Solution extraite
The appeal court was entitled to require a concrete link between the appellate arguments and the first-instance reasoning; this did not amount to excessive formalism or a denial of hearing.
Motifs extraits
A lengthy section that merely restated facts and general arguments without showing why the lower court was wrong did not satisfy the appeal duty to challenge the judgment. The court may limit itself to the sections that actually address the contested decision.