According to the Yomiuri Shimbun, The
Sendai District Court on Tuesday ordered a driving school in Yamamoto, Miyagi
Prefecture, to pay ¥1.91 billion in compensation to the bereaved families of an
employee and 25 students at the school who died in the March 11, 2011, tsunami,
citing the school’s breach of its obligation to ensure safety.
It was a tragedy as the driving school
called “Joban Yamamoto Driving School” was located just 950m close to the sea. The
judge ruled that the school manager told students and staff to remain within
the school and neglected their duty to make them evacuate.
Very unfortunately, the timing was the
worst as it was just after graduate ceremony of high-schools and students gathered
at the driving school. I feel sad that both driving schools and the casualties
including their families are equally the victims of the earthquake but they did
have to fight against each other with the result. The scars still remains deep.
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