Rejection of revision in labor dispute affirming regional court judgment

The Federal Labor Court dismissed the plaintiff's revision, thereby upholding the Landesarbeitsgericht Düsseldorf's judgment from January 20, 2017, and ordering the plaintiff to bear the costs of the appellate proceedings; consequently, the lower court's decision remains in force. The dispute concerned a labor law matter where the plaintiff sought to challenge the finality or validity of the prior instance's ruling, specifically involving issues adjudicated under the jurisdiction of the Third Senate of the Federal Labor Court. The decisive legal basis involved the standards of appellate review under German labor procedure law, leading the court to find no grounds for overturning the regional court's determination, thereby rejecting the plaintiff's claims.