Constitutional complaint challenging civil judgment on damages claim: no arbitrary misapplication of civil law provisions

The Austrian Constitutional Court (VfGH) dismissed the constitutional complaint, thereby upholding the contested lower-court judgment. The dispute arose from a civil procedure concerning a claim for damages or contractual performance, where the complainant challenged the legal reasoning and procedural handling of the case by the courts of ordinary jurisdiction. The court found no violation of fundamental rights or a breach of legal guarantees, concluding that the impugned decision did not exhibit an arbitrary misapplication of law or a material error in law. The decisive legal basis for the decision was the determination that the lower courts' interpretation of the relevant civil law provisions and procedural code was not manifestly erroneous, thus leaving the original judgment in force.