The fight against a bizarre Corona regulation during the pandemic has cost a Tyrolean hut owner a lot. Wolfgang Schulze-Boysen, the tenant of the Hecherhaus above Schwaz, denounced the arrangement and was basically right. But the native German was stuck with all the costs.
Short flashback to the Corona era: Schulze-Boysen, better known as “Wuf”, was not allowed to offer take-away on the terrace due to a bizarre Corona regulation. Confusing reason: The ski area was not connected to a public access road. “What does access have to do with the infection process? ‘Who should understand that?’ ‘Wuf’ still shakes his head in disbelief.
In January 2021, the native German, often called mountain rebel, took action: he filed a lawsuit against the scheme in the Constitutional Court.
Justice costs a lot of money
His commitment to a just cause: legal fees amounting to five figures, enormous time and costs for countless trips to Innsbruck. The reward for the effort: after about ten months, the “Robin Hood of the hut owners” was proven right.
But the cheers at the time were muted. “I have not been reimbursed for the enormous costs of the court, lawyer and expenses. “I didn’t expect that,” he says, still irritated. This is absurd, says the justice fanatic. “You win in court, but you have to dig deep into your pockets to get justice.”
“There were no consequences for them at all”
The restaurateur is particularly annoyed by the fact that “the officials who issued this completely absurd regulation escaped unscathed. There were no consequences for them at all.”
He could have claimed damages and reimbursement of costs until December 2023. Schulze-Boysen: “The lawsuit would have cost me around 20,000 euros; according to my lawyer the chance of success was 50 percent. I couldn’t take this huge financial risk.’ So he let the deadline pass.
He wants to continue fighting for justice and take to the streets in similar cases in the future. The “Bergrebell” will fulfill his one-year contract with Hecherhaus.
Source: Krone
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