After a fiveyear wait for the Bt12 million in compensation demanded by 12 people from the Kamol Sukosol company for radioactive contamination nine years ago, they have only managed to win little more than Bt600,000 in a Court of Appeals ruling.
The judges said the plaintiffs' appeal for Bt12,676,942 had no grounds, and upheld the Bt640,270 granted to them by the Civil Court in March 2004, which was reduced by Bt100,000 because the 4th and 5th plaintiffs are husband and wife and in legal terms are regarded as one person.
In the Civil Court ruled in March 2004 that the company had to pay Bt640,270 to the 12 plaintiffs.
The 12 plaintiffs had lodged a suit with the Civil Court demanding Bt109,264,360 from the company for being exposed to radioactive Cobolt 60, which was found abandoned at a warehouse owned by the Kamol Sukosol firm in January 2000.
Earlier in 2002, the 12 plaintiffs, including a number of scavengers and the owner of a scrap metal shop, had lodged a lawsuit against the Office of Atoms for Peace, demanding money for its failure to enforce regulations regarding proper storage of radioactive material. The Central Administrative Court ruled that the atomic agency pay them more than Bt5 million.
Sonthaya Sapathum, the 10th and only plaintiff present at the courthouse to hear the verdict yesterday, said he would speak to rest of the victims and consider if the case should be put before the Supreme Court.
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