Judgment to order compensation for lung cancer countries and some companies with asbestos Fukuoka High Court Nov. 11 18:49

In a trial where former workers and survivors in Kyushu allegedly injured asbestos at the construction site and asked for compensation from the country and building materials manufacturers, the second Fukuoka High Court changed the judgment of the first trial He also acknowledged responsibility and handed down a judgment that ordered the country and some companies to compensate.

Former workers such as Fukuoka and Nagasaki prefectures and 54 survivors who worked at the construction site suffered lung cancer due to inhalation of asbestos. I filed a lawsuit seeking compensation.

The first district Fukuoka District Court ordered the country to compensate more than 130 million yen, but did not accept the responsibility of the company, and the plaintiff and the country appealed.

According to the decision of the second trial on the 11th, Noriyuki Yamanouchi, President of the Fukuoka High Court, said, “At the latest, by the beginning of 1975, we were able to recognize that there was a risk of developing illness due to asbestos. ", Ordered the country to compensate more than 220 million yen more than the first trial.

Unlike the first trial, the “single parent” who undertakes work on an individual basis, as well as the workers, indicated that the country is liable for compensation.

In addition, because the building material manufacturer is also responsible, we ordered a total compensation of more than 125 million yen for the four companies that occupied a certain percentage of the building materials used at the time.

According to the defense team, in the same trial nationwide, the judgment of the High Court of the 2nd trial was the fifth case, of which 4 cases were ordered for compensation by both the state and the company.