"But when it comes to responsibility, Huang Rong should bear the greatest responsibility, with Wang Zonglei and Fan Lijun each bearing 20%, while Huang Rong should bear 60% of the responsibility and fault."

Chen Debai continued, "First, Huang Rong was negligent.

She failed to fulfill her duty of care. Although Huang Rong thought the suitcase placed behind her did not obstruct the way, in such a crowded and frequently moving public place like the high-speed rail station, her act of placing the suitcase itself should have been more cautious to ensure no potential danger to others. 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖

Huang Rong failed to fully consider the complexity and uncertainty of the surrounding environment. There was a certain degree of negligence and she did not fulfill the highest duty of care, resulting in Fan Lijun hitting the suitcase and getting injured."

"Moreover, Huang Rong clearly foresaw the risk but did not prevent it. As a frequent traveler with social experience, she should have been able to foresee that placing the suitcase behind her while queuing at the high-speed rail station could pose an obstacle or collision risk to passengers in a hurry.

Even if she subjectively thought it did not block the way, from the objective facts, this risk was real and foreseeable, yet she failed to take adequate preventive measures, such as placing the suitcase in a safer position or constantly being aware of pedestrians around her. Therefore, her behavior was negligent."

Chen Debai continued: "Second, Huang Rong’s conduct is causally linked to the harmful outcome."

"Fan Lijun collided with the suitcase placed by Huang Rong, which directly caused her back head injury and eventual death."

"If Huang Rong’s suitcase had not been placed there, Fan Lijun would not have experienced the collision accident and would not have suffered a series of subsequent injuries and death. Therefore, Huang Rong’s conduct is clearly directly causally linked to Fan Lijun’s death."

Chen Debai said: "Moreover, Huang Rong committed the crime of negligent homicide!"

"Huang Rong, as a natural person with complete criminal responsibility, meets the criminal subject requirements for negligent homicide. She has a certain level of cognition and control over her own actions and consequences, and therefore should bear corresponding criminal responsibility for her negligent actions leading to another person’s death."

"While placing the suitcase, Huang Rong neither hoped for nor tolerated the occurrence of Fan Lijun’s death, but she should have foreseen that her actions might cause injury or even death to others, yet failed to foresee due to negligence, or although she foresaw, she recklessly believed it could be avoided. This subjective negligence attitude meets the subjective constitutive requirements of negligent homicide."

"The act of placing the suitcase behind objectively caused the harmful outcome of Fan Lijun’s collision with the suitcase, cerebral hemorrhage, and eventual death, and there exists a direct causal relationship between the conduct and harmful result, satisfying the conditions for negligent homicide."

Chen Debai delivered a comment;

Not only should Huang Rong bear financial compensation responsibility.

But also said Huang Rong was negligent in causing death.

Chen Debai wanted Huang Rong to go directly to prison!

Chen Debai said, "Therefore, Huang Rong should bear 60% of the financial compensation, and she also committed the crime of negligent homicide. Moreover, after Fan Lijun was admitted to the hospital, Wang Zonglei repeatedly contacted Huang Rong, and Huang Rong refused to be present."

"As an adult, Huang Rong knew her suitcase tripped someone, with very serious consequences, yet she refused to visit the hospital, resulting in extremely severe consequences, and Huang Rong showed no remorse."

"Thus, Huang Rong should be severely punished!"

"Presiding Judge, my statement is complete."

Chen Debai finished speaking.

Wang Zonglei raised his thumb in the back.

He did hire a top-notch lawyer, still very competent.

After such maneuvering, won’t Huang Rong end up in jail?

He had long wanted to reconcile with Huang Rong, but she stubbornly refused mediation.

Now Huang Rong just has to wait...

Once the court is involved, Huang Rong is definitely going to have to compensate and serve time.

Wang Zonglei simply wanted a bit more money during the mediation so that Huang Rong wouldn’t end up in jail.

But Huang Rong insisted on her stance and took it to court...

Now Huang Rong will just have to wait for jail time.

Wang Zonglei’s mood was excellent.

If Huang Rong was willing to offer enough money, he could also write a letter of understanding during the second trial.

With a letter of understanding, Huang Rong might receive a lighter sentence... although she would still serve time.

This is entirely Huang Rong’s fault for not listening to his mediation advice.

At the least, 480,000 would have been enough for a settlement.

But Huang Rong just wouldn’t agree, now in court, 480,000 will not solve the problem.

Huang Rong will need to come up with at least a million plus... or else how can she expect an acquittal?

...

Presiding Judge Rong Liwei looked at Gu Chen, and spoke, "Does the defense lawyer have a rebuttal?"

Gu Chen then said, "Plaintiff’s lawyer claims Huang Rong had a duty to pay attention to her suitcase, should not have been negligent, and should have exercised the highest level of care."

"Do you think this is correct?"

"I ask everyone to review the video again!"

"The video clearly shows Huang Rong’s suitcase, placed right behind her!"

"And everyone can walk on the left and right sides of the queue!"

"Huang Rong was at the back of the queue with her suitcase behind her... Her suitcase was not placed in the middle of the aisle, affecting normal passage."

"Huang Rong placed her belongings in a normal way that does not hinder others’ passage, is there a problem with that? Therefore, Huang Rong did not intentionally or negligently obstruct others’ walking."

"If you say Huang Rong did not place the suitcase properly, then I would like to ask each one of you here, how do you think the suitcase should be placed to be reasonable?"

"Should the suitcase be placed directly in front of her? If it is placed directly in front, how is Huang Rong supposed to pull the suitcase?"

"Or should it be placed to the side? Placing it to the side would impact others’ normal passage since Huang Rong’s left and right sides are aisles, and others can exit from the side if they come to the wrong ticket gate...."

"Huang Rong’s act of placing the suitcase behind her was appropriate."

Gu Chen continued, "Huang Rong is an ordinary adult, likewise, Fan Lijun is a fully capable adult who should be aware of her surroundings when walking."

"And Huang Rong had no reason to foresee that Fan Lijun would not see, and would crash into her suitcase...."

"After all, Fan Lijun is not blind! She is an ordinary adult."

"Huang Rong’s placement of the suitcase was not an issue, subjectively there was no issue either, she did not intentionally or negligently act."

Gu Chen said, "Fan Lijun indeed had faults herself. She should have been cautious and careful while walking, but she did not look at the road at all and failed to fulfill her duty of being careful for her own safety, which led to the collision."

"If a normal adult collides with someone else’s suitcase, should the other person bear responsibility?"

"Then if someone doesn’t look at the road when walking and crashes into a tree, should the tree bear responsibility?"

"If someone trips over a stone while walking, should they sue the stone?"

"If someone slips on the flat ground, should they blame the road for being uneven?"

"Huang Rong placed the suitcase properly, but Fan Lijun tripped over it due to her own fault, yet they want to blame Huang Rong. Is this appropriate? What does it have to do with Huang Rong?"

Wang Zonglei responded, "But my mother is gone, doesn’t Huang Rong have to bear responsibility? Isn’t this related to her? Isn’t she the main culprit?"

Gu Chen sneered and got up.

This Wang Zonglei really won’t shed tears until he sees the coffin!