Model litigation: Designation of new representative plaintiff upon settlement and withdrawal
Legislator-Zusammenfassung
KI-generiertThe German Federal Court of Justice (II ZB 14/22) ordered that the original representative plaintiff withdrew from the model litigation appeal due to a settlement in the underlying case and formally designated a registered party as the new representative plaintiff and appellant, while simultaneously designating them as the representative respondent against the original defendant’s appeal; this procedural ruling, issued by the 2nd Civil Senate on September 22, 2023, resolved the change of party status under § 21(3) and § 21(4) of the Model Proceeding Act (KapMuG), confirming the legal basis for the court’s ex officio determination to simplify the proceedings under § 13(1) KapMuG in a collective consumer protection matter.
Legislator-Regeste
KI-generiert§ 21 Abs. 4 KapMuG, § 13 Abs. 1 KapMuG, § 21 Abs. 3 Satz 2 KapMuG; Model litigation: Designation of new representative plaintiff upon settlement and withdrawal: The German Federal Court of Justice (II ZB 14/22) ordered that the original representative plaintiff withdrew from the model litigation appeal due to a settlement in the underlying case and formally designated a registered party as the new representative plaintiff and appellant, while simultaneously designating them as the representative respondent against the original defendant’s appeal; this procedural ruling, issued by the 2nd Civil Senate on September 22, 2023, resolved the change of party status under § 21(3) and § 21(4) of the Model Proceeding Act (KapMuG), confirming the legal basis for the court’s ex officio determination to simplify the proceedings under § 13(1) KapMuG in a collective consumer protection matter.
Schlagwörter
KI-generiertZitierte Gesetzesbestimmungen
KI-generiertVerwandte Entscheide
KI-generiertZentrale Rechtsfragen, extrahiert von Legislator
KI-generiertBasis for the original plaintiff's withdrawal from the model appeal due to settlement in the underlying proceedings.
Legal basis for the court's determination of the new representative plaintiff to simplify the proceedings.
Ground for designating the new representative plaintiff as the representative respondent in the defendant's appeal.
Volltext
Die Musterklägerin ist durch den Abschluss eines Vergleichs in dem sie betreffenden Ausgangsverfahren entsprechend § 21 Abs. 4 KapMuG aus dem Musterrechtsbeschwerdeverfahren ausgeschieden.
Der Beigetretene M. wird zum Musterkläger und zum Musterrechtsbeschwerdeführer hinsichtlich der Rechtsbeschwerde der bisherigen Musterklägerin bestimmt. Die Bestimmung des neuen Musterklägers (§ 13 Abs. 1 KapMuG) kann aus Gründen der Vereinfachung des Verfahrens durch das Rechtsbeschwerdegericht erfolgen (KK-KapMuG/ Rimmelspacher, 2. Aufl., § 21 Rn. 60; Siegmann in Asmus/ Wachsmuth, Kollektive Rechtsdurchsetzung, § 21 KapMuG Rn. 30). Mit der Bestimmung zum Musterkläger wird der Beigetretene M. gemäß § 21 Abs. 3 Satz 2 KapMuG Musterrechtsbeschwerdegegner hinsichtlich der Rechtsbeschwerde der Musterbeklagten zu 1.
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B. Grüneberg
V. Sander
von Selle
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