# Japanese Train Kills 91 Year Old Man; Man's Family Must Pay $75,000 for Train Delay

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-train-kills-91-year-old-man-mans-family-must-pay-75-000-for-train-delay/666009>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 12, 2013, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-train-kills-91-year-old-man-mans-family-must-pay-75-000-for-train-delay/666009 "2013-08-12T04:55:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2013, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-train-kills-91-year-old-man-mans-family-must-pay-75-000-for-train-delay/666009/1 "2013-08-12T04:55:19Z")

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This is because:  
"The man had been diagnosed with the severe dementia that required care at all times.

The man slipped outside when the wife, then 85 years old, was not looking. Judge Ueda decided that the wife was negligent in performing her duties as caregiver. Judge Ueda also accused the eldest son who didn’t live with the parents for not providing the appropriate measures to prevent roaming."

> **[Idiosyncratic Japan: 85-Year-Old Wife of 91-Year-Old Man Killed by Train...](http://ex-skf.blogspot.com/2013/08/idiosyncratic-japan-85-year-old-wife-of.html)**
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> I do hope it is indeed "idiosyncratic" to Japan and nowhere else, but I could be negatively surprised. I thought it was a joke of some ki...

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**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2013, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-train-kills-91-year-old-man-mans-family-must-pay-75-000-for-train-delay/666009/2 "2013-08-12T07:26:37Z")

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