Mr. A. suffered an injury to his face in a traffic accident while commuting to work. He filed a disability benefits claim with the director of the Labor Standards Bureau, due to being left with scarring, but was unable to receive a disability level certification. Mr. A appealed the result and filed a request for review, but it was dismissed.

Upon being retained by Mr. A, we reviewed the medical records such as medical certificates and written opinions (prepared by doctors in the disability level certification process), and after confirming the condition of Mr. A's injuries, we filed a lawsuit to revoke the certification disposition.

At the trial, as a result of providing layers of evidence, including having the judge look at Mr. A's injuries, a disability level was certified in the judgment.

When Mr. B was about to get on a forklift in the factory where he worked, the driver mistakenly accelerated suddenly, causing Mr. B to fall over, and the forklift ran over his right leg and broke it. After completing treatment, Mr. B received a disability level certification and was determined to have a grade 14-9 disability.

On the other hand, the employer claimed that Mr. B fell when he tried to jump onto a moving forklift, and that he was entirely at fault.

Upon being retained by Mr. B, we performed a detailed investigation into the circumstances of the accident, and as a result it was found that the accident was not as claimed by the employer, but rather was caused by forklifts in the factory routinely being ridden by two people.

As a result of making specific allegations against the employer regarding the details of the accident and the employer's breach of its duty of care for safety, Mr. B received 2.7 million yen in compensation.

The injured person was a foreign male who fell from a height while working, which left the lower half of his body paralyzed. His family was in the process of applying for workers' compensation, and when he came to our office for consultation, he had already received workers' compensation certification. Therefore, a lawyer from our firm was retained for the compensation claim against the company.

We sent a compensation claim to the company by certified mail, and the company also hired a lawyer and negotiations were held. We initially attempted to resolve the matter quickly through out-of-court negotiations, but the company was unwilling to pay and negotiations broke down, leading to the filing of a lawsuit.

It took several years from when we were retained, but in the end, the court was able to persuade the company quite strongly, and we were able to settle the case for approximately 100 million yen in compensation.
The victim had suffered a serious injury in a foreign country and probably spent his days feeling crushed with anxiety. However, with the support of his family, he was able to receive compensation. The case was a difficult one, because the client's income was not that high to begin with, and there was a large difference in opinion with the company regarding the amount of lost earnings, but we were able to successfully resolve the case. I remember the radiant feeling from receiving the client’s words of gratitude as if it were only yesterday.

The victim became depressed after working more than 100 hours of overtime per month for about six months.
Several years later, the victim was assigned to work at a client's site at the company's instructions, and he committed suicide by poisoning himself at home, which was probably triggered by a disagreement with the person in charge there and due to being bullied.
We were retained by the bereaved family to assist with the workers' compensation application and to file a compensation claim against the company.

In this case, there was a gap of several years between the time he became depressed and the time he committed suicide, making it difficult to determine the causal relationship between the excessive work and his suicide. Therefore, we prepared a detailed chronological summary of the facts and a written opinion describing the details of the case, and argued that workers' compensation should be approved. As a result, workers’ compensation was finally approved.

After workers' compensation was approved, a compensation claim was made against the company, and the company hired a lawyer and negotiations were conducted.
Although the case did not necessarily involve a clear violation of the company's duty of care for safety, a settlement was reached, with the company ultimately paying approximately 25 million yen in compensation.

This was a very difficult case, but we were able to achieve a good result by taking the time to carefully investigate and study the case.