Vale ordered to pay R $ 5 million to the victim of a gap in Brumadinho – Gerais



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The rupture of the dam left 270 victims between dead and missing (photo: Jair Amaral / EM / D. A. Press)

THE Voucher was convicted of Justia to pay compensation of R $ 5 million to one of the victims of the interruption of Dam 1 of the Crrego do Feijo minein Brumadinhocity ​​of Central Region of Minas Geraisin January 25, 2019. The decision, published last Tuesday, was made by the judge Pearl Saliba Britoof 1st Civil, Criminal, Child and Juvenile Court Township.

“The exceptional nature of the facts requires, therefore, a paradigm break in terms of the reparation model that will be applied in cases involving the breaking of the dam in the Arroyo Feijo, which deserve a peculiar and unique analysis, without comparison with other events of different proportions, “says an extract from the decision.

The victim who received compensation lost three close family members in the tragedy. For the death of the one-year-old son, the amount set by Justia It was from R $ 2 million; for the husband 26 years, R $ 1.5 million; and for the sister’s death, R $ 1.5 million.

The rest of the quantity (R $ 1 million) refers to static, moral and material damage. The survivor suffered injuries throughout her body that could cause scarring in apparent places and cause deformity to the nose due to fractures. I was at home with the three relatives when the Voucher it was interrupted

“One of the most emblematic records of the tragedy was the author’s rescue in the mud, with the help of a rope. The scene was widely publicized in the media and shocking. A sea of ​​mud flowed, carrying what was in front of him “, also indicates the judge in the decision.

The interruption of Dam 1 of the Crrego do Feijo mine in January 2019 murdered 259 peoplebetween Voucher, tourists and city dwellers. Others eleven The report was approached by the company and told that it had not yet been notified of the decision. The mining company also says that the situation of the families is delicate and that it will proceed with the case, respecting the privacy of those involved.

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