Questão jurídica principal
Whether the appellant is liable under Art. 52 AHVG for damage caused by undeclared wages and unpaid contributions
Decisão extraída
Liability in principle was not excluded; the record showed an actionable breach during the period when he was still manager, but the amount of damage required further factual clarification.
Fundamentação extraída
Failure to declare and settle wages is generally a grossly negligent breach. However, the lower courts had not clarified whether some amounts were exempt low-income side earnings or whether some workers were in fact self-employed, which could eliminate damage entirely for those items.