Dismissal of the appeal of the Municipality of X. against the Disability Insurance Office for the Canton of Vaud regarding the liability of the IV Office for damage caused to a third party

Facts

The Municipality of X. had requested the Disability Insurance Office for the Canton of Vaud (IV Office) to compensate the damage it had suffered by not obtaining reimbursement of advances granted to a former employee, who had been granted a full disability pension as of 1 July 2002. The IV Office rejected the claim, which the municipality contested. The Insurance Court of the Canton of Vaud partially upheld the municipality's appeal and set the amount owed by the IV Office as compensation for the damage at CHF 22,037.40. The municipality then appealed against this cantonal judgment.

Considerations

The Federal Tribunal examines ex officio its jurisdiction and the admissibility of the appeal. It considers that the dispute concerns the amount of the municipality's liability claim against the IV Office based on Art. 78 of the Federal Act on the General Part of Social Security Law (GSSLA). As this is a financial dispute relating to state liability, the public law appeal is only admissible if the value in dispute reaches CHF 30,000, in accordance with Art. 85(1)(a) of the Federal Supreme Court Act (FSCA). However, in the present case, the value in dispute does not reach this amount.

Furthermore, the appeal does not raise a…