Three classmates in the same group jumped into the river one after another due to emotional entanglement, but unfortunately sacrificed their lives to save the students who jumped into the river. But the rescued classmates behaved very coldly, "I didn't let him save me, he was drowned, I can only blame himself for his poor water"!
It was another tragic incident that chilled the well-wishers, the parents of the deceased were grief-stricken, and the coldness of the rescued made their hearts like knives, and they angrily sued these unconscionable classmates in court...
Background of the case
Late one night in September 2020, The sleeping Lü Qiang was woken up by a rapid mobile phone ringtone, he answered the phone in a daze, only listening to the other end of the phone, a boy cried and said, Uncle, Lü Bo fell into the river, people can't find it, you come and see!
Lü Bo, who fell into the river, is Lü Qiang's only son, who is studying at a university in a foreign country. Hearing that something had happened to his son, Lu Qiang suddenly woke up! And earlier that night, I had just talked to my son on the phone, how could something have happened at this time?
Lu Qiang hurriedly woke up his wife, and the two hurriedly drove to the scene. A few hours later, the two rushed to the riverside and saw several policemen carrying things from the salvage boat, like a person!
When Lu Qiang saw this, his heart suddenly giggled, it wouldn't be his own son!
Lü Qiang, who hurried to check on it, when he sat paralyzed on the ground, his wife held Lü Bo's body and cried bitterly, and fainted from crying several times. After the two cried for a long time, Lü Qiang's wife suddenly got up and ran madly to the three young people present.
And these three young people are Lü Bo's classmates, a boy and two girls. In the face of Lü Bo's mother's questioning, all three bowed their heads and said nothing.
Lü Qiang knew that his son Lü Bo was not good at water, and he would definitely not take the initiative to jump into the river, so he also stood up at this time and asked these three classmates, did you push Lü Bo down the river!
After listening, the three of them quickly waved their hands in denial, saying in unison that It was Lü Bo himself who took the initiative to jump down.
The police officers present also felt that this matter was a bit strange. How can a person with poor water characteristics, if there is no special reason, take the initiative to jump into the river by himself? Moreover, human life is at stake, and this matter must be investigated to the end.
Faced with questioning by the police and Lü Bo's parents, the boy finally opened his mouth and told the truth of the matter.
The boy's name is Liu Lei, and he is not only a classmate of Lü Bo, but also the two are at the same table. The other two girls are Huang Jing and Su Man, both of whom are classmates of Lü Bo. And Huang Jing is also Liu Lei's girlfriend.
Usually, the relationship between the four people is relatively good, and they often play together after class, and every weekend, the four people will go out together to play together.
The day of the incident was the weekend, and the four of them met for dinner as usual. After eating, seeing that the time was still early, Liu Lei proposed to go to the riverside together, and soon a group of four people came to the riverside.
The four of them walked and chatted. There is also talk and laughter.
But who knows, while chatting, Huang Jing and Su Man had a verbal altercation.
Huang Jing and Liu Lei were originally boyfriend and girlfriend, but Huang Jing suspected that Su Man had said bad things about himself to her boyfriend Liu Lei behind her back, causing Liu Lei to be somewhat distant from Huang Jing recently.
In the face of Huang Jing's unwarranted suspicion, Su Man was anxious to wave his hands continuously, which could not be wronged by a good person! And Liu Lei also asked Huang Jing not to talk nonsense, let alone unjustly accuse good people!
Seeing that Su Man refused to admit it, and her boyfriend also helped Su Man speak and accuse himself, Huang Jing became more and more annoyed. Pointing at Suman and scolding him for not having a face, he actually snatched his boyfriend.
When Su Man saw that Huang Jing had wronged himself so badly, he was also sweating profusely, and he felt even more aggrieved. Seeing that Huang Jing did not listen to his own explanation at all, he chose to jump into the river in a hurry to prove his innocence!
Seeing that Suman jumped into the river, Liu Lei was worried that something would happen, and without hesitation, he jumped down and quickly rescued Suman to the shore.
But I didn't expect Huang Jing to be so careful. Su Man's jumping into the river not only failed to make Huang Jing believe her innocence, but Liu Lei did not hesitate to jump the river to save Su Man's behavior, which made Huang Jing believe even more that Liu Lei must have cheated on Su Man.
Huang Jing, who was both angry and aggrieved, could not care about the friendship between him, and scolded Liu Lei and Su Man, and then jumped into the river.
At this time, Liu Lei was already a little physically weak, and Lü Bo, who had never been able to plug his mouth on the side, saw the situation, and he could not take care of his own water quality, and with the idea of saving people, he volunteered to follow Huang Jing into the river and prepare to rescue him.
But Lü Bo was not good at water, and Huang Jing was not much better. At this time, the river was a little urgent, and Lü Bo failed to save Huang Jing, but was washed away by the river.
Watching Lü Bo and Huang Jing being swept farther and farther away by the river, Liu Lei jumped into the river again in a panic and swam towards the two, but soon lost his strength and had to return to the shore. At this time, Lü Bo and Huang Jing had long since disappeared.
Liu Lei, who had landed, had to hurry to call the police for help. After the police arrived and briefly understood the situation, they quickly organized personnel and boats to search and rescue Lü Bo and Huang Jing on the river.
In the end, Huang Jing was rescued, but Lü Bo was still missing. As time passed little by little, the possibility of Lü Bo surviving became smaller and smaller. After a few hours, Liu Lei finally plucked up the courage and called Lü Bo's father.
After learning the details, Lü Bo's parents were extremely angry, and scolded Huang Jing and Su Man for seeing jumping the river as a child's play, not only making fun of their own lives, but also tired of their sons.
Lü Bo's mother's emotions were getting more and more excited, and she even moved her hand to Huang Jing, asking Huang Jing to pay for her son's life!
Huang Jing, who was still feeling guilty about Lü Bo's death, saw that Lü Bo's mother blamed Lü Bo's death on her own head, and she also moved her hands on herself, even if she wanted to kill herself, she also became angry and shouted:
"It was Lü Bo who jumped into the river voluntarily, and I didn't let him save me, he was drowned, and he could only blame himself for his bad water!"
Hearing Huang Jing actually say this, Lü Bo's parents were stunned! The body of his son was still lying by the river, the bones were not cold, Huang Jing actually said such ungrateful and unconscionable words, is there still humanity!
The heartbroken Mr. and Mrs. Lü Qiang returned to their hometown after taking care of Lü Bo's affairs. Since then, the couple has been depressed all day, washing their faces with tears. When I think of my son's death, my heart is like a knife cutting.
The white-haired people sending the black-haired people is already sad enough, and what makes Lü Qiang and his wife even more distressed is that after Lü Bo's death, Liu Lei, Huang Jing and Su Man have never apologized to them about Lü Bo's death, and they have not even made a comforting phone call!
Although Lü Bo was not directly killed by the three of them, he was absolutely inseparable from the three of them. Moreover, Lü Bo lost his life in order to save Huang Jing, but these so-called good classmates and good friends in ordinary days are now so cold and so unconscionable!
Thinking of this, Lü Qiang and his wife were furious and took the three classmates to court, demanding that they compensate for their son's death. He had to ask for an explanation for his son's death.
During the trial, Lü Bo's parents argued that their son Lü Bo had paid the price of his life to save Huang Jing, and that the rescued Huang Jing, as well as Liu Lei and Su Man, who were present, should compensate for the losses of Lü Bo's death.
In the face of the demands of Lü Bo's parents, Huang Jing believes that Lü Bo voluntarily jumped into the river to save himself, and he did not carry out tort liability and should not bear the liability for compensation.
Liu Lei and Su Man felt even more wronged, both of them said that they did not ask Lü Bo to go into the water to save people, and they were not at fault for Lü Bo's death, and Liu Lei said that he had also tried to save Lü Bo in the water, believing that he should not bear the liability for compensation.
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So is there a legal basis for Lü Bo's parents' claims?
Although Huang Jing, Liu Lei and Su Man in this case did not infringe on Lü Bo, and the result of Lü Bo's death was indeed not at fault at the legal level.
However, there are still clear provisions in the Civil Code on lü Bo's self-harmed situation of seeing righteousness and courage and taking the initiative to rescue himself, that is, Article 183 of the Civil Code stipulates:
Where the infringer suffers damage to himself or herself due to the protection of the civil rights and interests of others, the infringer shall bear civil liability, and the beneficiary may give appropriate compensation. Where there is no infringer, the infringer has escaped or is unable to bear civil liability, and the victim requests compensation, the beneficiary shall give appropriate compensation.
That is to say, if the perpetrator himself suffers damage in order to protect the rights and interests of others, and there is an infringer, the infringer bears the responsibility, and the beneficiary can make appropriate compensation.
As in this case, if there is no infringer, the beneficiary should bear the liability for compensation.
This is also commonly referred to as the "beneficiary compensation principle" in the field of civil law. In this case, although Huang Jing did not commit the infringement, Lü Bo voluntarily jumped into the river in order to protect Huang Jing's right to life, and unfortunately died, and Huang Jing, as the beneficiary, should give appropriate compensation.
The specific amount of compensation belongs to the discretion of the court, which is comprehensively considered by the court in light of the specific circumstances, the economic situation and degree of benefit of the beneficiary, as well as the role of the victim's rescue act and the degree of damage to itself.
Liu Lei and Su Man, on the other hand, do not belong to the category of beneficiaries, and there is no fault for Lü Bo's death, so they do not bear compensation or compensation liability.
In the end, the court ordered Huang Jing to compensate Lü Bo's parents for 50,000 yuan.
This case once again reflects the dilemma faced by well-wishers who see righteousness and courage. Just like the performance of the rescued Huang Jing, Lü Bo took the initiative to rescue him, not only did not know gratitude, but blamed his poor water, as if Lü Bo was nosy.
If people's hearts are like this, who will lend a helping hand in the face of difficulties? Although the law is good, but how can the 50,000 yuan be exchanged for the life of the son? Can it really awaken Huang Jing's conscience?
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