Focus Taiwan
Date: 03/06/2020
By: Liu Shih-yi and Elizabeth Hsu

Taipei, March 6 (CNA) The Taiwan High Court has awarded NT$54.7 million (US$1.82 million) in compensation to a small fraction of plaintiffs in a high-profile class action lawsuit involving Radio Corp. of America (RCA).

The court ruled Friday that only 24 of 246 plaintiffs were entitled to compensation for the company's toxic chemical pollution blamed for sickening or causing the deaths of thousands of RCA workers at its Taoyuan factory from 1970 to 1992.

In response to Friday's verdict, the lawyers for the plaintiffs said in a statement that they will "definitely" file an appeal after expressing disappointment at the ruling.

They criticized the compensation as being "far below a reasonable amount" and were unhappy that only 24 of the plaintiffs received compensation.   [FULL  STORY]