Facts
[M.] , born in 1972, suffered serious injuries in an aircraft accident in Kloten on 10 April 1997. He filed an application with the Department of Justice of the Canton of Zurich for the payment of compensation, satisfaction, and an advance payment in accordance with the Federal Act on Assistance to Victims of Offences (VSA). The Department of Justice rejected the application for the payment of an advance and awarded [M.] satisfaction of CHF 15,000. [M.] appealed against this decision to the Social Insurance Court of the Canton of Zurich, which dismissed the appeal.Considerations
The Federal Supreme Court dismissed [M.] 's administrative appeal. It found that the satisfaction of CHF 15,000 awarded by the cantonal authorities was in line with the principles of assessment established by legal doctrine and case law. The satisfaction duly takes into account the severity of the appellant's health impairments and the enforced change of profession due to the accident. Other circumstances invoked by the appellant, such as the allegedly missed career as a pilot and aviation entrepreneur or the abandonment of his activities as a financial and business consultant due to illness, are, in the view of the Federal Supreme Court, not to be considered as increasing the satisfaction.
The Federal Supreme Court stated that the satisfaction under the Victim Assistance Act is not intended to cumulatively…