A boy in Taichung City suffered an eye injury from an iron bar in Furui Park in Xitun District 6 years ago. The parents petitioned the state for compensation. The court awarded more than NT$3.16 million in compensation, and the Taichung City Government appealed. In this regard, Mayor Lu Xiuyan said today that since the judgment has been made, it is recommended that the city government withdraw the appeal.
At the end of March 2005, a boy surnamed Huang, who was only 13 years old, was outdoors in Furui Park, and his glasses were broken by the iron bars supporting the cherry trees in the park. Loss of pupil, following multiple surgeries, vision still can not return to normal.
The boy’s parents petitioned the state for compensation. The judge awarded the Taichung City government over 3.16 million yuan in compensation for negligence in the management of the park. After the verdict was released, the city government made the second-instance appeal because the location of the incident was the grass, not the children’s play area.
The Taichung City Council held an extraordinary meeting today. When questioning at the meeting, Kuomintang city councilors Huang Jianhao and Yang Zhengzhong believed that following the accident, the parents were physically and mentally exhausted from the treatment of the child, and the child’s life was ruined. The city government has to file an appeal. It is too bureaucratic. Since the court has ruled that the city government loses the case, and there is a specific amount, why does the city government appeal.
Lu Xiuyan pointed out in her answer that following this case happened, the city government negotiated with the victim. Before she took office in 2017, the city government filed a lawsuit. Recently, it was decided that the city government should pay compensation. According to the city government mechanism, the lawsuit will go to the second and third instance. .
Lu Xiuyan emphasized that she personally attaches great importance to this incident. The judge made a first-instance judgment and the amount is very clear. Since 105 years, the parents have been exhausted by legal proceedings. If the parents are willing to accept the judge’s decision, she believes that the city government should accept and withdraw the appeal, and both parties can accept it and handle it.
(Editor-in-Chief: Zhuang Yanyu)
