住友商事が勝訴　特急事故の賠償請求訴訟―台湾

　【台北時事】台湾で２０１８年１０月、特急列車「プユマ号」が脱線し１８人が死亡、３００人近くが負傷した事故に関し、運行する台湾鉄道管理局（台鉄）が車両の主契約企業の住友商事を相手取って起こした損害賠償請求訴訟で、台北地裁は９日、台鉄の請求を退ける判決を下した。台湾の中央通信が報じた。
　判決は「列車の不具合が事故につながった」などとする台鉄の主張について「証拠を示せていない」と指摘した上で、「住商は賠償責任を負う必要がない」と判断した。台鉄は約６億１２００万台湾ドル（約２５億円）の損害賠償を住商側に求めていた。（2021/12/10-00:35）

A Taipei court has found major Japanese trader Sumitomo Corp. not responsible for the October 2018 deadly train derailment in Taiwan, according to a local media report.
   Sumitomo was the main contractor for the Puyuma express train involved in the accident, which killed 18 people and injured nearly 300 others.
   The district court ruled on Thursday that the Japanese company was not liable to pay any compensation, Taiwan's Central News Agency reported.
   In the lawsuit, the Taiwan Railways Administration demanded about 612 million New Taiwan dollars, or about 2.5 billion yen, in damages from Sumitomo.
   The court pointed out that the TRA was unable to provide evidence to support its claim that train design flaws caused the accident, according to the report.