Questão jurídica principal
Whether the doctor's omissions were causally linked to the patient's death under negligent homicide.
Decisão extraída
The cantonal court could reasonably find hypothetical causation: earlier monitoring and intervention would with high probability have prevented the death.
Fundamentação extraída
The Federal Court accepted the cantonal court's preference for the judicial expert reports over the autopsy report and held that the doctor had failed to react already at the 11:45 visit and later in the evening, when timely transfer and further examination were still potentially lifesaving.