The Supreme Court reversed a prior decision by the High Court last week, awarding damages to 222 former Radio Corporation of America workers for exposure to hazardous chemicals. As such, the case has been sent back to the High Court...
The long-running RCA case, one of Taiwan’s major class-action lawsuits against chemical pollution and its effects on the health of Taiwanese factory workers, continues to be unresolved. This can be observed in a ruling by the High Court last week, in which RCA was ordered to pay 54.7 million NTD to only 24 of 246 plaintiffs. The ruling is likely to be appealed...
A ruling by the Taiwan High Court in favor of RCA workers whose health was affected by industrial pollution is a victory, not only for RCA workers but for Taiwanese labor overall. A landmark case in Taiwanese labor, the case is also a case with few precedents in Taiwanese jurisprudence, as a class action lawsuit with hundreds of plaintiffs. Subsequently, it remains to be seen what will come next for efforts to secure justice for RCA workers...
With an upcoming court ruling by Taiwan’s High Court regarding the historic RCA case, a landmark case in Taiwanese labor, it remains to be seen if the decades-long struggle of RCA workers for justice will soon come to an end. Either way, the case will be a historic one for Taiwanese labor, as well as for Taiwanese labor law...
The RCA Taiwan case was a landmark legal case for labor in Taiwan. Han-Hsi "Indy" Liu, S.J.D. candidate at Georgetown University Law, and Fangchun Chu, one of the attorneys-at-law representing RCA victims, provide an overview of the case and its significance....
