In a class action in which people evacuated to Ehime Prefecture due to the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station are suing the government and TEPCO, the Supreme Court dismissed the appeal regarding TEPCO and ordered compensation exceeding national standards. Has been confirmed.
On the other hand, regarding the responsibility of the country approved by the first and second trials, an argument will be held in May, and it is expected that a unified judgment will be shown together with the other three class action proceedings.
In a trial in which a person evacuated to Ehime Prefecture after the nuclear accident is seeking compensation from the government and TEPCO, Judge Hiroyuki Kanno of the Second Small Court of the Supreme Court decided to dismiss the appeal regarding TEPCO by the 31st. , TEPCO's defeat has been confirmed.
Both the 1st and 2nd trials admitted the change in the living base and the damage that lost the "hometown" and ordered the payment of a consolation fee exceeding the national standard for compensation for the nuclear accident, and the fixed amount of compensation was 22 people. It costs more than 46 million yen.
On the other hand, on May 16th, an argument will be held to hear the claims of both parties regarding the responsibility of the country recognized in the first and second trials.
Of the class proceedings filed by people evacuated due to the nuclear accident all over the country, TEPCO is already responsible for three cases, Fukushima, Gunma, and Chiba, in which the government is seeking compensation in addition to TEPCO. The amount of compensation has been fixed.
Regarding the responsibility of the country where the judgments of the two trials were divided, all three cases are scheduled to be held in April, and it is expected that the Supreme Court's unified judgment will be announced in the summer together with the Ehime proceedings.