Facts
The Cantonal Court of Zug, in its judgment of 22 January 1992, found that X AG had unlawfully violated J.'s personal circumstances through two reports in its mass media on the trade in war material. The High Court of the Canton of Zug dismissed J.'s appeal against this on 28 September 1993. The Federal Supreme Court also dismisses the appeal.
Considerations
Pursuant to Art. 49 para. 1 CO, a person who has been unlawfully violated in their personality is entitled to a sum of money as satisfaction, provided that the severity of the violation justifies it and it has not been made good in any other way. The High Court has indeed established the unlawfulness of the violation of the plaintiff's personality through the press reports, but has considered the further prerequisites for the award of satisfaction as not given.
The objectively serious violation must also be perceived by the claimant as emotional distress, otherwise he is not entitled to satisfaction. The plaintiff did not provide any evidence or at…