Japan Family Compensated for Death From Overwork
<i> Associated Press</i>
TOKYO —
A Japanese court ordered a school Tuesday to pay compensation for working a teacher to death.
The Okayama District Court ordered the Shimbi Gakuen school to pay $123,000 to the family of Yoshinomi Tanaka, who died in 1986 at age 44 from a brain hemorrhage.
The court ruled that Tanaka’s heavy workload caused his death. In addition to teaching, Tanaka was acting vice principal.
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