In 2018, Uncle Ren, an elderly man in Shandong, was accidentally hit by a collapsing wall when he was stealing steel bars at the construction site. Although he picked up a life, he became a vegetative person.
Faced with high medical expenses, the Ren family asked the construction site for 2 million compensation. But the factory retorted sharply: "Did I let you steal it?"
For a while, it was difficult to distinguish between right and wrong, and the two sides decided to take the legal route.
So, what is the outcome of this lawsuit, and who is responsible?
The source of this article comes from the official media [Qilu Channel] [Shijiazhuang Popular Law] [Qinzhou Rong Media] (link attached at the end of the article). In order to improve the readability of the article, there may be polishing of the details, please read sensibly, for reference only!
The old man who is greedy for money
Uncle Ren's daughter-in-law, Ms. Liu, was doing housework at home as usual, but suddenly received a call from the hospital.
The phone informed her father-in-law that she was now being rescued, and asked her to notify other family members to come to the hospital as soon as possible.
Ms. Liu didn't dare to delay, put down the work in her hand, and hurried to take her mother-in-law to the hospital. On the way to the hospital, Ms. Liu was still wondering:
The old man was fine before he went out, and his body was usually tough, but it was only two hours of work, why did he go to the hospital?
On the way, I also called my husband and asked him to come over quickly.
Ms. Liu's father-in-law, Uncle Ren, is a retired elderly man in his 60s, who usually likes to go out for a walk when he has nothing to do at home.
Every time he went out, he would take a big bag and go out to pick up some scrap to sell to subsidize the family.
Uncle Ren went out to pick up scrap as usual, and stumbled upon a construction site where there were a lot of steel bars.
He looked around and saw that there was no one nearby, so he tried to go in and secretly pick out the steel bars inside.
After entering the construction site and picking up the steel bars that were thrown on the ground, Uncle Ren found something good again.
On one wall of the distribution room, there were still a lot of exposed steel bars, and he tried to pull the exposed steel bars directly out with his hands.
But I found that I couldn't pull it out at all, so I went home and got tools to pry out the steel bars.
When Uncle Ren went home, Ms. Liu was still wondering what her father-in-law was going out with tools.
Unexpectedly, in the process of prying the steel bar, the wall suddenly collapsed and smashed directly into Uncle Ren's side.
Uncle Ren is an old man with little strength, and it is impossible to dodge.
The collapsed wall directly knocked Uncle Ren unconscious, unconscious.
At this moment, Uncle Ren was crushed under the rubble and his life was dying, but this place was located in a remote area, and no one usually came.
Luckily, a cleaning aunt showed up.
The place where the incident occurred is usually sparsely populated, and the cleaning aunt passing by is completely accidental. That day, she wanted to take a shortcut through the area to get to work.
At first, the aunt didn't care, but vaguely saw a hand sticking out from the collapsed wall.
The aunt took a closer look and confirmed that there was a person buried under the wall, and quickly called the 120 emergency number for assistance.
The aunt's heart was full of doubts and fears, wondering why there was a person buried here, and even wondering if there had been a murder.
As a matter of prudence, she dialed 110 again.
After the ambulance and police arrived at the scene, the cleaning aunt left after a brief explanation of the witness.
The police and medical staff worked together to clean up the collapsed wall and successfully rescued Uncle Ren from the rubble.
Since there was no family member of Uncle Ren at the scene, and there was a need to investigate the incident, the police escorted Uncle Ren to the hospital with an ambulance.
During the investigation at the scene, the police found an elderly mobile phone in Uncle Ren's jacket pocket.
Through their mobile phones, they notified Ms. Liu to go to the hospital as soon as possible.
rushed to the hospital, and the consequences were serious
After Ms. Liu and her mother-in-law rushed to the hospital, the doctor directly asked them to confirm Uncle Ren's identity first.
Looking at Uncle Ren, who was dying, Uncle Ren's wife cried bitterly on the spot.
But she didn't have time to think about it, the doctor said that Uncle Ren's condition was very critical, and after introducing the situation, he asked the family to make a decision on whether to operate quickly, otherwise his life would be in danger.
Uncle Ren's wife and daughter-in-law looked at this, and did not hesitate any longer, and hurriedly signed the consent form for the operation.
After a long operation, Uncle Ren's life was temporarily saved.
Unfortunately, the wall collapsed and caused a serious injury to his left lower leg, and doctors had to amputate it to avoid life-threatening injuries.
To make matters worse, the accident also caused Uncle Ren to suffer a head injury and is currently in a coma.
The doctor told his family that it was unlikely that Uncle Ren would wake up, and that he would probably become a vegetative state, and that he would have to spend his days in a hospital bed in the future.
In the face of such a major change, Ms. Liu's family suffered a huge blow.
In order to find out the cause of the accident, Ms. Lau believed that her father-in-law had encountered an accident at the construction site, and the construction site could not escape the blame.
She believes that the construction site did not have hazard warning signs and did not fulfill sufficient safety obligations, which caused the wall to collapse and her father-in-law was injured.
Ms. Liu's family approached the person in charge of the construction site and demanded that he take responsibility and compensate for the economic losses.
Claim compensation from the construction site
Considering that Uncle Ren's family is in poor financial condition and is in urgent need of medical treatment. In the spirit of humanitarianism, the construction site paid 50,000 yuan in advance for medical expenses so that the hospital could treat it first.
With the help of clues provided by the cleaning aunt and on-site monitoring, the police gradually restored the accident and informed both parties of the relevant situation.
The police told Ms. Liu that Uncle Ren had brought tools to the construction site without permission, but he did not expect the wall to collapse suddenly.
This has nothing to do with the construction site, and the person in charge of the construction site is not responsible.
Moreover, the real purpose of Uncle Ren's practice is to steal steel bars from the construction site and sell them for money, which is already the crime of stealing and destroying other people's goods.
If the person in charge of the construction site wants to, he can completely hold Uncle Ren accountable. In other words, Uncle Ren did this completely self-reaping the consequences and lifting a stone to shoot himself in the foot.
However, for the police's statement, Uncle Ren's family didn't buy it at all.
Faced with high medical expenses, Ms. Liu and her family shifted the responsibility to the workplace and demanded 2 million yuan in compensation.
The construction area said that the construction quality of the distribution room has been reviewed by the power department and is fully qualified.
The injuries of the elderly man were caused by trespassing and vandalism without permission, and had nothing to do with the workplace.
After the negotiation failed, Ms. Liu's family even went to the petition office to make trouble in an attempt to succeed in this way.
In desperation, the construction site decided to resolve the dispute through judicial means.
epilogue
In the end, the court ordered the construction site to be fined 30,000 yuan for the lack of warning signs.
Ms. Liu's family needs to refund the 50,000 yuan of medical expenses paid in advance by the previous workplace.
Regarding the result of this trial, some netizens said:
"Stealing chickens doesn't make you lose rice, and you don't deserve sympathy. ”
"If I hadn't stolen other people's steel bars in the first place, there would have been nothing. ”
The law is not merciful, it must not be pitied, and there is no need for compensation.
We are deeply sympathetic to the plight of the elderly, but the law is authoritative and does not take sides.
We should also enhance our legal awareness and social merits, abandon the concept that "the weak must be justified", abide by the rules, and uphold justice.
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Resources
[1] [Nanning Xixiangtang District Procuratorate] - "The old man was injured after stealing steel bars, and his family claimed 2 million: there is no warning near the wall!"
https://www.toutiao.com/article/6622795278132969991/?channel=&source=search_tab
[2] [Lightning News] - "Do I still have to write a ban on entering my house?" The old man was injured by picking steel bars, and his family's claim for compensation was rejected"
https://www.toutiao.com/video/6621452508222980616/?channel=&source=search_tab
[3] [Qilu Channel] (official account of Shandong Radio and Television Station TV Qilu Channel) - "The sixty-year-old man lost his left calf after smashing down the wall in order to buckle the steel bar, and his family claimed 2 million!"
https://www.toutiao.com/video/6621471486001545731/?channel=&source=search_tab
[4] [LETV Entertainment Bar] (LETV's account) - "Documentary: Uncle went to the construction site to steal steel bars, but there was an accident, and the family had to claim a huge amount!"
https://www.toutiao.com/video/7060473137799889419/?channel=&source=search_tab
[5] [Shijiazhuang Law Popularization] (Shijiazhuang Municipal Legal Publicity Office Official Account) - "Case: The Old Man Steals Steel Bars and Is Smashed into a Vegetative State, and the Family Claims 2 Million Yuan from the Construction Site, How to Deal with It"
https://www.toutiao.com/article/7085605875607519744/?channel=&source=search_tab
[6] [Qinzhou Rong Media] (official account of Tianshui Qinzhou District Rong Media Center) - "The old man stole steel bars and was smashed into a vegetative state, and his family claimed 2 million, the person in charge: Did I let him steal it"
https://www.toutiao.com/article/7097143837969154567/?channel=&source=search_tab