Tokyo Barrister: Start the law firm bankruptcy

Chapter 116 The Final Battle of Imaishi's Final Statement

Ten o'clock in the morning, Tokyo, Shinjuku District Court, Court No. 823.

This time is the last trial of the Terai case.

This time, there were not only two lawyers sitting in the plaintiff's table, Terai also came to the court.Terai was still wearing the light blue, somewhat wrinkled engineering suit, sitting on the seat, rubbing his hands back and forth uneasily.

After seeing so many people in the auditorium, the expression on Terai's face became a little stiff, and he didn't know what kind of sitting posture he should take on the chair.

In the opposite dock, Imam's eyes were slightly swollen, with thick dark circles under his eyes, and he was sitting in a chair restlessly.

Imanishi was almost driven crazy by Kitahara's smile last time.The obsessive-compulsive disorder brought about by engaging in corporate legal affairs and risk control forced Imanishi to comprehensively and carefully review any possible problems in this case.In the past ten days, Imanishi hasn't even been out of the office much, and almost even spent most of his sleep time in it.

However, he couldn't find the point where the other party could turn around.

Imanishi has flipped through the thick dossier of nearly a thousand pages so well that he can memorize it by heart. This has become the case he has looked at most carefully in his career as a lawyer.If in the end this kid... is just bluffing and trying to be tough, I really want to tear him apart.

Imanishi raised his head, his spiritual thoughts moved slightly, and he quickly suppressed his agitated mood.He has read this case carefully, and it is absolutely impossible for him to have a comeback. He must trust his own professional judgment.

Imanishi breathed a sigh of relief and adjusted his state.

At this time, the audience in the gallery, after experiencing the shocking trial last time, they are deeply aware of how unbalanced the strength of the two sides of this trial is.People will always involuntarily sympathize with weak people or things.Those who sit in the public gallery again will inevitably begin to lean towards the plaintiff's lawyer.However, in addition to sympathizing, these listeners had to sigh silently. Although the young man had worked very hard, he still couldn't hold the giant's wrist.

In the referee's seat in the middle of the court, Judge Kumagai was already seated, with a calm expression on his face.Even at this moment, the case he is facing will to a large extent determine the subsequent group lawsuit, even though the eleven expressways and the five major labor unions have issued joint statements.In the face of mountain pressure.Judge Kumagai still sat in the referee seat with some complacency.

"Crack!"

The gavel sounded.

The case of Terai v. Kawamoto Expressway was held for the last time.

"According to the provisions of the "Civil Procedure Law". After the court debate is over, all parties can express their final opinions." Judge Kumagai said, "Next, the defendant will express their final opinions. If the parties do not appear in court, the agent can express their final opinions on their behalf Opinion."

Hearing Judge Kumagai's words, Imanishi was immediately refreshed.Even though the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has already relied on the emergency interpretation to gain an overwhelming advantage, but in the final blow, it is still necessary to draw the bow and arrow to the full and shoot the last and most powerful arrow.This is your own style!
Imanishi stood up, took steady steps, and walked to the center of the court.

In an instant, just such a movement seemed to mobilize the mood of the court.It was as if an invisible vortex appeared to attract the attention of everyone in the courtroom.

"Head referee."

Imanishi's voice echoed in the courtroom.

"The key issue in this case is—in the case that the Sichuan Expressway has carried out inspection activities in accordance with relevant standards, whether it is still necessary to judge that the Sichuan Expressway has not fulfilled its corresponding maintenance obligations because of obstacles on the road surface."

"The legal discussion on this point has already been done before, and the defendant's agent will not repeat it. What the defendant's agent wants to emphasize today is that if this case is the judgment that Kawamoto Expressway needs to bear the obligation to pay damages, what kind of situation will we face? s consequence."

"Chief referee. Please take a look at our expressway that is constantly flowing every day. In the bustling Tokyo Bay port, tens of thousands of large container trucks drive onto the expressway every day. Every minute, even if it is, now As I speak, there are new large container trucks coming onto the highway."

Imanishi's words, tone, and speed seem to have a magical power to seduce people.In just a few words, it seems like people are on the busy Tokyo Bay Highway.The truck seemed to be whizzing by directly in the courtroom, with the harsh sound of engine pressure and the sound of the horn.

Imamishi stood on the court and continued to speak:
"Just think about it. Under such circumstances, it is absolutely unreasonable to ask the expressway company to make an overly strict requirement on the clearance of road obstacles. Just because there are iron blocks on the road surface, it is denied that the Kawamoto Expressway has been used on the road surface. The conservation effort and hardship that went into it is absolutely inappropriate."

"Expressway maintenance is a complicated issue. The arrangement of many maintenance work is not out of the expressway company's short-term profit pursuit, but out of many complicated trade-offs and considerations. In fact, in the maintenance of expressways For the problem, we have to make trade-offs and trade-offs between at least three, namely: road safety, transportation efficiency and the safety of workers’ lives.”

"Road safety goes without saying. As long as the expressway company continuously increases the number of patrols and the manpower invested. However, everyone, is this investment endless? There must be a limit. Every patrol and For maintenance, the corresponding lanes of the expressway must be closed, and the traffic of vehicles will be affected. Every time the patrol frequency of the road is increased, when shuttling between dangerous high-speed lanes, the operating risks borne by the workers will also increase accordingly .”

"We cannot spend infinite manpower and material resources on road safety without end. After road safety reaches a certain level, we must reserve these manpower and material resources for other more important uses. In this world, risks are always It will exist. It is impossible for us to stop drinking water because we will choke when drinking water. For some accidents and risks that will always occur, we must give a certain tolerance. Similarly, under such a huge traffic flow, the expressway Debris on the road surface is an unavoidable danger. Therefore, we should not be too demanding on the expressway company.”

Some discussions immediately disintegrated the negative impression of expressway compression maintenance expenditure.Not only that, but invisibly, it pointed out the complexity of dealing with maintenance issues, and pointed out that many maintenance work is not in place, which is actually a helpless move to compromise reality. Unknowingly, it has created a highway company that has tried its best to solve Positive image of the problem.

The citizens in the auditorium, after hearing what Imanishi said, unexpectedly turned to the side of the expressway company for no reason.

However, Imamishi continued: "Chief referee. At present, expressway companies spend a lot of money on road maintenance. If the expressway company is imposed on the expressway company with excessive maintenance obligations, it will inevitably lead to the shrinking of the expressway company's investment willingness. There is not enough profit accumulation. , and where does the money come from to build the vast network of highways across our country?"

"Aiming at the problem of road spills, it is not the best solution to blindly increase the maintenance cost of the road company. In fact, we can solve it in other ways, such as designing more reasonable containers to prevent cargo from falling Shedding. There is no way we can improve in reducing road fallout, not just by continuing to impose heavier maintenance obligations on highway companies!"

"Chief referee!" Imanishi stood in the middle of the court, emphasizing with an infectious voice: "Making the expressway to bear maintenance obligations that are impossible to achieve will only increase unnecessary costs in vain and affect road operation and transportation. Efficiency. Request the chief referee to take into account the adverse consequences for commercial organizations of ordering Chuanben Expressway to bear the compensation for damages in this case. It is unfair to highway companies to require road companies to undertake unrealistic maintenance obligations.”

"To sum up! I request the collegial panel to dismiss all the other party's claims according to the law!" Imam stood in the middle of the court and finished the last sentence loudly.

(End of this chapter)