Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the translation costs ordered by the cantonal court had to be borne by the AI office or treated as court costs payable by the insured.
Decisione estratta
The translation request was filed far too late and was not protected by good faith; the costs therefore had to be treated as judicial costs and charged to the insured, within the cantonal statutory ceiling.
Motivazione estratta
An insured person does not have a general right to free translation of file documents. Here the request came more than 10 years after the reports were produced, after prior proceedings had repeatedly relied on them without any objection, and the reports were no longer necessary for fact-finding. The cantonal court misapplied the case law on territoriality and necessity.