The High Court ruled that Baxian Company was responsible for negligence in the consumer protection law, and should jointly compensate the 20-year-old injured girl of 5.63 million yuan, and can appeal.

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〔Reporter Yang Guowen/Taipei Report〕A dust explosion occurred in Baxian Paradise 7 years ago, causing many casualties. 20-year-old young girl Wang Yizhen suffered extensive burns on 69% of her body, and 59% of 3rd degree burns showed permanent non-perspiration Functional injury, contraction of fingers and toes, etc., the princess later sued for damages.

The High Court held that Eight Immortals wanted to use activities to attract more consumers to enter the park to play and consume, but failed to supervise and complete the escape and first aid measures. It was sentenced that Eight Immortals, Ruibo 2 Company, which hosted the party, and Lu Zhongji, who were in charge, should all In accordance with the Negligence Regulations of the Consumer Protection Law, the joint compensation of 5.03 million yuan for Wang Nu and 300,000 yuan for the spiritual comfort of her parents is 5.63 million yuan in total.

There is also an appeal.

On June 27, 2015, Wanse Creative and Ruibo International Co., Ltd. held a "color party" in the "Happy Great Barrier Reef" and "Sunny Miami" in the Eight Immortals Paradise, because the concentration of toner spraying was too high, and the organizers Failure to effectively prevent high-temperature computer lamps from coming into contact with toner caused a dust explosion, which eventually resulted in a major accident involving 15 deaths and 484 injuries.

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Lu Zhongji, the person in charge of Wanse and Ruibo, was sentenced to the maximum sentence of 5 years for the crime of death due to business negligence, and has already served his sentence in prison.

In addition, the victim sued 11 people, including Baxian chairman Chen Boting, for the crime of negligent death, but they were all given a non-prosecution punishment because of insufficient evidence.

In terms of civil matters, more than 400 family members of the dead and injured entrusted the Consumers' Foundation to file a group lawsuit against Wanse, Ruibo, Lu Zhongji, and Baxian Paradise for a total of more than 9.9 billion yuan, which is under trial by the court.

In the part of personal compensation, many injured people have successively sought compensation from two companies including Wanse and Lu Nan, and they all received joint and several compensation.

The injured Wang Zhizhen in this case was only 20 years old at the time. After she bought a ticket to enter the venue, 60 to 69% of her body was burned due to the dust explosion, including 50 to 59% third-degree burns (loss of permanent non-perspiration function), fingers and toes. Twins and other injuries, the situation was critical and admitted to the intensive care unit.

Afterwards, the princess deducted 1,464,741 yuan in compensation for victims of crimes, and she initiated a civil lawsuit, requesting that the two companies, including Baxian and Wanse, Lu Nan and Baxian's chairman Chen Boting and general manager Chen Huiying, etc. They jointly claimed more than 6.32 million yuan, and compensated their parents with 500,000 yuan each, a total of 1 million yuan in spiritual comfort money.

The Shilin District Court ruled that Ruibo 2 Company and the person in charge, Lu Zhongji, should jointly compensate Wang's daughter of more than 6.32 million yuan, and her parents a total of 1 million yuan in spiritual comfort money. Baxian Company, Chen Baiting and others are exempt from compensation.

The princess refused to accept it and appealed to the High Court.

The High Court held that the colorful party that caused heavy casualties was held in Baxian Paradise operated by Baxian Yule. To promote the colorful party, the company launched afternoon discount tickets, housing discounts, opened parking lots, extended the operating hours of catering stores, and provided shuttle buses. In fact, it is combined with a colorful party to sell a combination of products, not simply renting out the venue, and there is a consumer relationship stipulated in the Consumer Protection Law between the princess and the princess who bought tickets to enter the park.

However, Baxian Company knew that there were a large number of people participating in the event, but it did not supervise the host companies such as Ruibo to set up escape routes around the dance floor, and only deployed lifeguards and management personnel from the original water swimming facilities to maintain safety on site. The medical emergency system is liable for negligence under the Consumer Protection Law. Therefore, it is judged that Baxian, Ruibo 2 Company, and Lu Zhongji should jointly compensate the queen daughter 5.03 million yuan and her parents' spiritual comfort money 300,000 yuan each, totaling 5.63 million yuan in accordance with the provisions of the consumer protection law. Yuan, Chen Boting and others are not liable for compensation.