In a trial in which the bereaved family sued that a man with intellectual disability committed suicide in a municipal house in Osaka City because an officer of the residents' association wrote on a piece of paper that he had a sword. While he could not say that it was the cause of suicide, he ordered the residents' association to compensate 440,000 yen for infringing on the interests of concealing the details of the disability.

A 36-year-old man who lived in a municipal apartment building in Hirano Ward, Osaka, said in November three years ago that he could not accept it because of intellectual disability when deciding the "group leader" on duty among the residents by lottery. When I told him, at the meeting place, the chairman of the self-governing body and the group leader at that time wrote on paper that "I have a mental retardation" and "I can't do Calculating Japanese Currency", and I committed suicide the next day.



The bereaved family of the man claimed that being forced to write a document was the cause of the suicide, and filed a lawsuit seeking compensation of 25 million yen for the residents' association and the chairman at that time.



In the ruling on the 4th, Judge Jun Hayashi of the Osaka District Court pointed out that "it was written in a situation that makes men uneasy that men may be viewed by residents," but it was said that it caused suicide. I decided that I couldn't conclude.



On the other hand, he pointed out that "it violates the profit of concealing things that are not good at daily life, as well as the presence or absence of disabilities," and the residents' association side is 440,000 yen. I ordered compensation.

The older brother of a man who committed suicide "I'm sorry for my younger brother"

After the ruling, the older brother in his 40s, who committed suicide, said, "I've come up as much as I can, but I'm sorry for my brother because I haven't found a causal relationship with suicide."

Residents' association side "I want to refrain from commenting"

Regarding the judgment, the lawyer representing the residents' association said, "I would like to refrain from making specific comments."