Two district courts on Friday recommended that a total of 1.16 billion yen be paid to one person with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and the families of 19 others who contracted the fatal brain disorder through transplants of imported dura mater and have died.
In a joint proposal to settle the five-year legal battle, the Tokyo and Otsu district courts suggested that the government pay 162.1 million yen and importers of tainted dura mater pay 1 billion yen to the victims and their families.
If both sides agree to the proposal, the average amount of compensation would reach 60.1 million yen per patient.
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