Business in pandemic times: Mask dispute over Spahn emails goes to the next instance
When Corona started, protective equipment was scarce. Things were chaotic at the Ministry of Health, and the then minister Jens Spahn was sending emails. Are they going to have costly consequences for the taxpayer?
A Hamburg-based textile trader, Matthias Timm, is disputing a decision by the Bonn Regional Court in a case involving 287 million euros, plus interest, for COVID-19 mask deliveries. Timm claims that emails from former Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn in March 2020 constitute a purchase contract. The court previously ruled that Spahn's emails were only an expression of interest and not a contract, and that any legal claims had expired.
Timm's lawyer has filed an appeal with the Cologne Higher Regional Court, arguing that the lower court's judgment contained errors.
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