Okawa Small Tsunami Litigation Dismissal of Appeal in Ishinomaki City and Miyagi Prefecture Supreme Court Oct. 11 12:36
In a trial appealed by the bereaved family of 23 children at Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture, who was sacrificed by the tsunami of the Great East Japan Earthquake, the Supreme Court decided to dismiss the appeal of Ishinomaki City and Miyagi Prefecture, and compensation of over 1.4 billion yen The decision that ordered was finalized.
The Supreme Court will maintain the judgment that there was negligence in the disaster prevention measures of the school and the government before the earthquake, and it seems that it will affect the disaster prevention measures at the educational sites nationwide in the future.