Death from corona infection Bereaved family and home-visit long-term care management company settled Hiroshima October 12, 19:07
Regarding the bereaved family of a woman in her 80s in Miyoshi City, Hiroshima Prefecture, who died of pneumonia in April after being infected with the new coronavirus, filed a lawsuit for compensation against the home-visit care management company used at that time. Both sides settled on the condition that the operating company offered condolences to the death of the woman.
An 82-year-old woman in Miyoshi City, Hiroshima Prefecture, who died of pneumonia in April after being infected with the new coronavirus, was infected with a home helper dispatched from a nursing care facility in the city. He claimed that the woman had been infected by receiving long-term care at home because he had neglected safety measures, and filed a lawsuit in the Hiroshima District Court for compensation of 44 million yen from the operating company of the business establishment.
According to the attorneys of the bereaved family, as a result of discussions between the bereaved family and the operating company, both sides settled on the condition that the operating company offered condolences to the death of the woman and confirmed that there was no obligation for compensation. , The bereaved family withdrew the complaint on the 12th.
Regarding this, the bereaved family said, "I have decided to withdraw the trial because the defendant has condolenced for my mother's death. I respect and thank the care workers who work hard at the care site while taking the risk of infection. I am holding it, and I hope that the influence of the trial will not cause atrophy or confusion. "
On the other hand, the long-term care management company said, "There was a sense of crisis that there would be no more people involved in long-term care if the trial continued, so I think it was good that the settlement helped to eliminate the atrophy of the long-term care workers."