Paul Jobin – The people vs Taiwan’s Radio Corporation of America: A Groundbreaking Toxic Tort Class Action

In April 2015, after seven years of court hearings and a mobilization that started in 1998, the district court of Taipei made a historic decision for legal class action in Taiwan, that bears important meanings for other industrial countries, in particular for countries with an important electronic industry like China or Korea, as well as for the resolution of other industrial diseases conflicts.
Beyond money, the main issue that matters for the leaders of that mobilization is a question of social justice: individuals and families whose lives have been torn by corporate negligence and cynicism wish that the full extent of the damage be recognized.