Okawa / Otsunami lawsuit is finalized.
In a trial over the victims of Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture from the tsunami of the Great East Japan Earthquake, it was confirmed that there was negligence in the pre-earthquake school and administrative disaster prevention measures. Attention will be paid to how governments and governments take measures and take measures.
In a trial in which the bereaved family of a child of Okawa Elementary School requested compensation from Ishinomaki City and Miyagi Prefecture, the Supreme Court decided to dismiss the city and prefecture appeals and admitted that there was negligence in the disaster prevention measures of the school and the government before the earthquake The decision of the second trial was finalized.
It became clear that there are cases where schools and governments are liable for damages if there is insufficient pre-disaster prevention measures, Governor Murai in Miyagi Prefecture said at the interview on the 11th that `` If the school does not protect the lives of children in any situation “It was a very serious judgment that we should not be able to do it.
Professor Shigeto Yonemura of the University of Tokyo Graduate School, who is familiar with the tsunami evacuation trial, said, “It goes without saying that public schools require similar disaster prevention measures. Rather than entrusting disaster prevention measures to each facility, including the private sector, we must supervise as necessary. "
In the future, attention will be focused on how schools and governments nationwide will take measures and proceed with measures.