Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the cantonal court could worsen the appellant's position after the appeal, i.e. apply reformatio in peius.
Decisione estratta
No. Although the appellant was heard and warned that she could withdraw the appeal, the court was not entitled to depart from the settlement and issue a worse decision.
Motivazione estratta
Art. 61 lit. d ATSG permits reformatio in peius only within procedural safeguards. Here the settlement had already fixed the factual basis of the disputed account entries, and the record did not show that the comparison premise was false in the way assumed by the cantonal court. The unresolved factual uncertainty underlying the settlement remained, so the court had to respect the agreement.