日本B型肝炎感染之國賠集體訴訟案除斥期間爭議【寰宇醫事裁判】 試閱
Disputation about Period of Peremption in National Compensation Class Action Suit for Hepatitis B Infection in Japan
本件原告為日本B型肝炎國賠集體訴訟案的受害人之一,在與政府協調和解事宜時,日本政府認其肝硬化程度僅為輕度,且自發病到提告,已超過20年的除斥期間。原告則主張其肝硬化程度應屬重度,且縱認其肝硬化程度僅為輕度,本件之除斥期間亦應自其接受脾臟摘除手術後開始起算。法院最後認定原告自被診斷為肝硬化至因併發肝性腦病變而接受脾臟摘除手術,這段期間因病情進展造成之損害,在法律上被視為係屬同一損害,本件已超過除斥期間。
The plaintiff was one of the victims of the hepatitis B infection in national compensation class action suit. When coordinating with the government about conciliation, Japanese government considered that the degree of cirrhosis was only mild, and since the onset of illness till the suit has more than 20 years, which means been over the period of peremtion. However, the plaintiff claimed that the degree of cirrhosis should be classified as severe, and even though the degree of cirrhosis was only mild, the period of peremtion should begin after the spleen removal surgery. The court finally recognized that, since the plaintiff was diagnosed with cirrhosis and had a complication with hepatic encephalopathy, which forced he had to undergo a spleen removal surgery, the damage caused by the progress of the disease during this period should legally be regarded as the same damage, so the period of peremption has been exceeded in this case.
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