Asbestos health damage lawsuit The Fukuoka High Court also orders compensation to exceed national standards September 27 18:37
In a trial in which a man in Kitakyushu, who worked at a factory that handled asbestos, complained that the compensation standards that the country was promoting for persons who had suffered health problems was unfair, the Fukuoka High Court in the second trial The department was changed, but almost all men's complaints were acknowledged, and after 1 trial, a sentence was ordered to pay more than the national standards.
The health of asbestos has been settled if the people who have worked at the factory between 1958 and 1946 after the judgment of the Supreme Court about 5 years ago have been brought to the court and settled the case. We are proceeding with the payment procedure.
A 70-year-old man in Moji-ku, Kitakyushu, who worked at an asbestos factory and became a lung cancer filed a trial, but decided the amount starting from the day when the country was recognized as an occupational accident rather than the day when the country was diagnosed with illness. I did not respond to the settlement because it was unfair.
The first instance of the Fukuoka District Court Kokura Branch approved the man's complaint, and ordered the country to pay 12.65 million yen of compensation and late damages as interest back to the date of the diagnosis.
In the judgment of the second trial on the 27th, Kazuto Nishii of the Fukuoka High Court changed the judgment of the first trial starting from the day when the man was first diagnosed and the diagnosis was made approximately one month later. Starting from the confirmed date, he refused to accept the country's claim that it was the date for recognition of work-related accidents, and ordered to pay an amount exceeding the national standards following the first trial.
Similar judgments were presented this month in the district courts in Kobe and Hiroshima, but this is the first time for the High Court of 2nd trial.
The plaintiff's man "I am happy"
The man of the plaintiff met after the ruling on the 27th, “I am delighted with this ruling. I hope that the country will take the ruling seriously so that the country will not continue to fight vaguely.” I appealed.
In addition, attorney Hiroshi Deuta, acting as an agent, said, “The Fukuoka High Court ’s decision is the first high court decision that has admitted our claim, and it is an important decision for the victims. I want you to change the standard. "
Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare says, “We recognize that the government's claim was not accepted for this decision. We will continue to examine the details of the decision and discuss the response in consultation with the relevant ministries and agencies. "