Jipyong won a case involving damages claim related to the Pohang earthquake, the largest class-action lawsuit in South Korean legal history in terms of both the number of plaintiffs and the amount of compensation sought. Jipyong represented the Korea Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning (KETEP) and obtained an appellate court ruling dismissing all of the plaintiffs' damages claims. The suit sought to impose liability on the institutions involved in the geothermal power project, which was identified as the cause of the 2017 Pohang earthquake. The Daegu High Court dismissed the damages claim on the grounds that the negligence of the relevant organizations, including KETEP, was not established and that a causal relationship between their actions and the earthquake was not proven. While the court of first instance had ordered compensation of up to KRW 3 million to affected individuals, the appellate court overturned this decision by accepting Jipyong’s argument that, given the scientific and technological knowledge at the time, it would have been practically impossible for the institutions involved to predict or control the earthquake in advance. The case is currently pending before the Supreme Court.
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