Michael Höllerzeder had to close his Nuremberg restaurant in the corona lockdown.
Now the landlord demanded money for his losses in court - and lost.
Nuremberg - As with most restaurants, the Corona * lockdown also led to high losses for Michael Höllerzeder and his Albrecht Dürer parlor.
The landlord of the family business now demanded money from his insurance company in court - and got the short straw.
Michael Höllerzeder is "stunned".
Nuremberg: landlord asked for 42,000 euros
In the process before the Higher Regional Court, the Nuremberg * demanded 42,000 euros for the official closure of his restaurant for months.
Höllerzeder is the third generation to run the family business.
He initially asked his insurance company to pay, but it refused, so he went to court.
The higher regional court in Nuremberg ruled on Monday (October 25) against the restaurateur and in favor of the insurer.
The court ruling pissed him off: He complained to
inFranken.de of
"inconsistent case law".
According to a report by the German Press Agency, numerous restaurateurs had filed nationwide lawsuits against insurers - with different outcomes.
Nuremberg: Landlord feels abandoned
Michael Höllerzeder told
inFranken.de
that about a decade ago he took out business closure insurance with his insurer. In this, the Infection Protection Act including a number of diseases is explicitly listed, without a corresponding Corona reference, of course.
Höllerzeder feels abandoned by his insurance company.
He has been a customer of the company for 50 years.
"So since my birth." The company had only offered him to get 15 percent of the daily rates agreed upon when the company closed.
For this he would have had to forego "all claims" in return.
The landlord had refused this with a view to his insurance.
His conclusion: “It is and will be the fight between David and Goliath in a certain way.
And this time, unfortunately, David lost. ”
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