Facts
The appellant, [V.] , suffered two traffic accidents in 1996 and a leg fracture in 1998. In 2001, the InvIA office of Basel-Stadt granted her a half disability pension, based on a disability degree of 50%. After a change of residence, the InvIA office of Zug became responsible and reduced the pension in 2011 retroactively as of April 1, 2005, to a quarter pension. The appellant lodged an appeal against this decision and requested that the InvIA office of Zug be obliged to pay her a half pension beyond November 1, 2006, and until further notice, based on a disability degree of 55%.
The Administrative Court of the Canton of Zug dismissed the appeal. The appellant then lodged an appeal in public law matters with the Federal Court.
Considerations
The Federal Court examined whether the lower court had rightly reduced the claim as of April 2005 from a half to a quarter pension. The appellant argued that she would have moved to Zug and taken up a position there even if she had been healthy. However, the Federal Court found that the lower court had plausibly explained why it could not be assumed with overwhelming probability that the appellant would have taken up the same position in Zug with a full-time job if she had been healthy.
The Federal Court also rejected the…