Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/08/16
By: Shih Hsiu-chuan
Taipei, Aug. 16 (CNA) Taiwan’s Supreme Court Thursday upheld liability of
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Radio Corporation of America (RCA) and its successor companies for deaths and illness of workers due to exposure to toxic chemicals while working at RCA factories in Taiwan between 1970 and 1992.
The court, however, returned to the Taiwan High Court for reconsideration part of its decision in October last year that found the defendants also liable for emotional distress caused to their workers.
RCA, the former American home appliance maker, was taken over by American multinational conglomerate General Electric (GE) in 1986, which sold it to French firm Thomson Consumer Electronics in 1998, the U.S. subsidiary of the French company Technicolor SA.
The Supreme Court ordered RCA, GE, Thomson, and Technicolor SA to pay 262 former RCA workers and the family members of some of the deceased workers about NT$500 million (US$16.07 million).
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