The particular Supreme Court provides ordered the Royal Thai Army (RTA) to pay compensation of about 17 million baht to family members of a sub-lieutenant who drowned during a military drill in 2015.
The judgment was read out there at the Civil Court on Ratchadaphisek Road on Tuesday, instructing the army to pay two plaintiffs — Wan Thongdeenok plus Thanyarat Wansathit — who were the mother plus wife of the deceased, to the tune of 11. 8 million baht, including gathered interest of 6 million baht in the last seven years.
Both plaintiffs filed a lawsuit with all the Civil Court in 2016 after Sub Lt Sanan Thongdeenok drowned during a going swimming test as part of the education curriculum of the Greatest King’s Own Body guard Team (UKBT).
Every student must undergo quality which is supervised by army instructors. Bass speaker Lt Sanan had been forced to swim over 10 end-to-end laps in the pool prior to he succumbed to exhaustion and drowned. The instructor failed to provide a prompt rescue.
The Civil Court and the Appeal Court made the ruling in 2020, but the defendant later submitted a final charm with the Supreme Courtroom.
The particular Supreme Court ruled the instructor had forced the enthusiast beyond reasonable means, as he had obviously shown signs of exhaustion and was not able to keep swimming.
That motion pointed to carelessness in breach of safety rules designed for trainees, which could not have to get ignored and those responsible must be held responsible. Hence, the accused was liable for the particular incident under Section 5 of the 1996 Act on Legal responsibility for Wrongful Acts of Officials.
The courtroom also agreed with all the civil and appellate courts regarding memorial costs as the plaintiffs had to hold funeral service rites twice in response to the autopsy requests as well as pay additional expenses.
In addition , as Sub Lt Sanan could have lived until 85 according to the average male life expectancy, the two plaintiffs were deprived of their breadwinner. This was also taken into account when assessing damages.
The defendant should comply with the court’s decision within 30 days or face additional legal action, it said.