Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the bankruptcy dividend must be fully credited to the company’s unpaid contribution debt or only partly offset against the directors’ damages liability under Art. 52 AHVG.
Extrahierter Entscheid
The dividend must be fully credited to the unpaid contribution debt; it does not first reduce the damage claim against the directors.
Extrahierte Begründung
Damage under Art. 52 AHVG arises only to the extent contributions remain uncollectible. A bankruptcy dividend pays the contribution debt itself, so no damage exists to that extent. Under the analogous application of Art. 87 para. 1 OR, the dividend is allocated to the earliest outstanding contribution debts, not to the compensation claim against the board members.