The Liberal Democratic Party and the Komeito Party have put together a draft remedy for an early resolution over a class action lawsuit alleging asbestos health hazards at construction sites.
The government is requesting the plaintiffs to pay settlement money, etc., and aims to establish a system to provide benefits to victims who have not participated in the proceedings.
In a class action in which former workers who became ill such as lung cancer due to asbestos at a construction site sued for health damage, the Supreme Court decided last year to dismiss the state's appeal and granted the state's liability. Was confirmed for the first time.
The proceedings will be decided on the 17th, but another class proceeding is being heard in courts nationwide.
The Liberal Democratic Party and the Komeito Party's response teams have put together a draft remedy for the early resolution of these proceedings.
According to this, the government is asking the plaintiff to pay a settlement fee according to the symptoms, etc., and will make further adjustments with a plan of up to 13 million yen.
In addition to the settlement money, a settlement fee will be paid in consideration of the burden of the proceedings over a long period of time, and a system will be established to provide benefits to victims who have not participated in the proceedings, using a fund contributed by the government as a financial resource. I am aiming for.
The countermeasure team wants to lead to a wide range of relief for the victims through such relief measures, and will show the relief measures to the plaintiff side based on the content of the ruling.