Court annuls rejection of claim for lightning-caused disability

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsutoshi Kitamura (C) and his supporters gather in front of the Supreme Court in Tokyo on March 13 after the court quashed a lower court rejection of a lawsuit by Kitamura seeking damages for disability caused by lightning striking him during a high school soccer game in 1996.

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