Tokyo Barrister: Start the law firm bankruptcy

Chapter 43 Class Actions
【Class Action】（Class Action）

[The so-called class action is a special type of action set up under the circumstances of common facts or common legal issues, and the number of plaintiffs is large and cannot all appear in court.In this lawsuit, a large number of plaintiffs, as a group, file a lawsuit against the defendant, and the final judgment is retroactive to all members of the group. 】

For example, a pharmaceutical company produces a drug that is suitable for pregnant women to treat colds, but the drug ends up causing birth defects in fetuses.Due to the large number of pregnant women taking the drug.Then, such a large number of victims will be able to file a class action against the pharmaceutical company.

When Miyagawa thought of the "group lawsuit", he was a little stunned.

This is the only reason that Kitahara wants to know the status of other expressway maintenance centers.

If there is not only a defect in the road maintenance of the G227 section of the Kawamoto Expressway, but also a systematic problem in the management of the expressway by the entire company, and if multiple maintenance centers are negligent in maintaining the road surface, then there was an accident on the Kawamoto Expressway The perpetrators of the traffic accident may file a group lawsuit against Chuanben Expressway.

Miyagawa quickly recalled Kawamoto Expressway's share of Toyo's expressway construction—a full 36%! ! !

If estimated directly according to this ratio, at least 36% of the traffic accidents on the expressway occurred on the section of the Kawamoto Expressway.

Assume further that one out of every one hundred accidents on the Kawamoto Expressway is related to road maintenance.Then, the probability is 0.36%.

Miyagawa immediately turned on the laptop next to him, and quickly typed on the keyboard to check the number of traffic accidents every year.Dongyang's per capita car ownership is very high.There are at least millions of traffic accidents every year.The statute of limitations for infringement lawsuits is 3 years, which means that traffic accidents in the past three years must be accumulated.

Soon, the search engine's interface displayed the results.

Adding up nearly three years of highway accidents, the figure is about 120 million.

If we calculate according to the assumed probability just now...

Miyagawa quickly opened the calculator software on the mobile phone, entered the number just now into the mobile phone, and immediately pressed the "=" sign anxiously as soon as the number was entered.

This simple calculation, the mobile phone software runs without the slightest difficulty.

However, the screen flickered slightly.

Almost at the moment of pressing the "equal sign", the result has already appeared.

Digital display: "4320".

In other words, there may be more than 4300 drivers who may file a lawsuit against Kawamoto Expressway! ! !
It is a group lawsuit with a scale of more than 4300 people! ! !

At the moment when I saw the number, it seemed that the whole world was quiet.There was only the sound of the fans in the law firm, the whirling of "hoo, hoo, hoo", and the sound of the young man in a suit in front of him chomping down on his breakfast.

Miyagawa opened his mouth slightly, and couldn't control his astonishment, the phone slipped directly from his palm, and fell onto the table with a "clang".When did Beiyuan think of it?Did you think of it while investigating the G227 section of the expressway?Or, Bei Yuan saw this possibility from the very beginning!
Miyagawa's heart was already shocked.

I and Kitahara also graduated from the Faculty of Law of Dongda University.

It took only two or three years to start working.To some extent, Bei Yuan should be a "novice level" young lawyer just like himself.

But... But, why, Bei Yuan in front of him has already thought of such a step.If I use the metaphor of playing chess, I seem to be a chess boy who can only see within 3 moves, while Bei Yuan in front of me is already a master who can reach 15 steps away.

Hearing the sound of the keyboard just now and sensing the strange expression on Miyagawa's face, Kitahara raised his head, looked at it, and stuffed the last bite of the sandwich into his mouth.She should have already guessed what she was going to do.Not bad, Miyagawa is still very talented in law.Kitahara looked at Miyagawa with a smile, as if admiring his favorite student.

"A... group lawsuit?" Miyagawa asked tentatively after recovering from the shock just now.

"Shh~~~", Beiyuan wiped his mouth with a tissue, then put his fingers in front of his lips, made a quiet gesture, and said with a smile: "This is our trump card."

"But..." Although he guessed that Beiyuan might initiate a group lawsuit, Miyagawa still had many doubts in his heart.It is too difficult to prove that Kawamoto Expressway has systematic maintenance deficiencies.There are so many sections of expressways in Dongyang, and there are so many maintenance centers, how could it be possible to have the manpower to collect evidence one by one.Although the idea is good, it is too difficult to implement.

Looking at the expression on Miyagawa's face, Kitahara could read her confusion.Miyagawa's concern about the difficulty of collecting evidence is justified.Indeed, it is impossible to collect evidence from each conservation center one by one, which would be too time-consuming and labor-intensive.However, Miyagawa still lacked a little flexibility.

Kitahara didn't really want to file a class action lawsuit.

Instead, it puts pressure on Kawamoto Expressway through the possibility of a class action lawsuit.

Through the possibility of him filing a group lawsuit, he will knock the mountain and shake the tiger and conquer the Kawamoto Expressway.Therefore, there is no need to collect evidence in person, it is only necessary to prove to Kawamoto Expressway that it is possible to file a class action lawsuit.As a listed company, it must feel huge public pressure in an instant.At that time, the initiative on the battlefield will be transferred to his hands.

Beiyuan opened the box of soy milk, inserted the straw, took a sip, and said, "I checked last night. Miyakawa, you are indeed right to worry. Kawamoto's management has searched for 500 highway sections, maintenance centers At least 600 or more. It is indeed impossible to collect them one by one. But, we can prove a preliminary possibility."

Preliminary… possibility?
Miyakawa was a little stunned, and she found that she could not keep up with Beiyuan's train of thought.Why... the same two years after graduation, the gap between him and Beiyuan is getting bigger and bigger.The grade point gap in college is only a fraction of a tenth.But now, there seems to be an insurmountable gap between the legal level of the two people.

Beiyuan took another sip of soy milk, closed his eyes slightly, and felt the fragrance of milk blooming in his mouth, and then said: "I want to try to get a preliminary data first. That is, is the expressway managed by Kawamoto Expressway better than other companies?" highways are more prone to accidents.”

Like a light suddenly going on.

The darkness was completely dispelled.

With those words, Miyagawa was instantly awakened, and his perplexed joints were immediately opened up. .

What Beiyuan said is correct. If it can be shown from the data that the roads under the Kawamoto Expressway are more prone to accidents than the roads of other companies, this will have already seized a high ground.

Miyakawa immediately tapped the keyboard on the laptop, opened the search engine, and entered the "Data Network of Traffic Accident Responsibility Certificate."

The "Traffic Accident Responsibility Certificate Data Network" is a website developed by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan. It is a website established to punish corruption in traffic police and improve the transparency of traffic law enforcement.Every traffic accident certificate issued by the traffic police will be uploaded to this website, and the full text will be made public for the supervision of all citizens.

A traffic liability accident confirmation letter is usually divided into four parts: first, the time and place of the traffic accident; second, the basic conditions of the parties; third, the basic facts of the traffic accident determination; fourth, the liability determination.

Among them, the first part contains the information on which road section the accident happened on earth.

If a comprehensive statistics can be made on the public traffic accident liability determination documents on this data network, a statistical result can be obtained.

Are the expressways managed by Kawamoto Expressway more prone to accidents than expressways of other companies?

Thinking of this, Miyagawa couldn't help but get excited, but as he glanced at the number of documents in the data network, he couldn't help being poured cold water again.That is a massive amount of documents up to millions, or even tens of millions, how to count them?
The eyes that were shining with light just now dimmed again.

With a sound of "Zi", Beiyuan drank the last sip of soy milk, hiccupped slightly, and looked at the breakfast that had been swept away with satisfaction.Then, he looked at Miyagawa, who seemed a little frustrated, and said with a smile, "Don't worry about the statistical documents, I have a friend..."

Bei Yuan thought of the hacker girl in Room 37.

(End of this chapter)