In two class proceedings filed by residents of Fukushima Prefecture for suffering mental distress from the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, the rulings that ordered TEPCO to compensate more than the national standards have been finalized. did.
In class action proceedings filed in various places, Fukushima, Chiba, and Gunma have also been decided last week to recognize TEPCO's liability.
The new decisions were made about 300 people who lived in Odaka Ward, Minamisoma City, where evacuation orders were issued due to the nuclear accident, and about 50 people who lived in areas such as Fukushima City, where evacuation orders were not issued. Two class proceedings by a person.
All of them said that they suffered mental distress from the nuclear accident, and asked TEPCO for a consolation fee that exceeded the national standard, which is a guideline for compensation for the nuclear accident.
In the Odaka Ward proceedings, the Tokyo High Court of the second trial acknowledged the responsibility of TEPCO following the first trial, and although the per capita compensation fee was reduced from the first trial, it exceeded the national standard and totaled more than 363 million yen. Ordered compensation for.
In the proceedings by residents of areas not subject to evacuation orders, such as Fukushima City, the Sendai High Court of the second trial admitted an amount exceeding the national standard and ordered compensation of nearly 12 million yen in total.
TEPCO and others had appealed this, but Judge Michiharu Hayashi of the Supreme Court's Third Small Court decided to dismiss both by the 8th, and the judgment of the second trial that granted compensation exceeding the national standard Has been confirmed.
More than 30 class proceedings have been filed nationwide by people who evacuated due to the nuclear accident, and of these, the three proceedings of Fukushima, Gunma, and Chiba, which are defendants of the government and TEPCO, were also liable for TEPCO last week. The amount of compensation that exceeds the national standard has been confirmed.
Areas not subject to difficult referents such as Fukushima City
In the proceedings by residents such as Fukushima City, a uniform compensation of 300,000 yen per person was granted, which is the highest in areas not subject to evacuation orders.
Yoshitaro Nomura, a lawyer on the resident side, said, "I was relieved to be honest when I was informed that it was a very epoch-making decision. Isn't it a message to TEPCO that "stop and take responsibility?"
TEPCO “Sincerely responding to the results of the trial”
TEPCO announced a comment, "We sincerely apologize for causing great inconvenience and concern to the people of Fukushima Prefecture and other members of society due to the accident. We will continue to respond to the plaintiffs. We will continue to respond in good faith to fulfill our responsibilities to Fukushima. "