Tokyo (AFP) - A decade-long legal battle in Japan has ended in victory for parents sued by relatives of an elderly biker who died over a year after dodging a football kicked into the road by their son.
The country's top court said Thursday the couple were not liable for the freak accident, overturning a high court ruling in which they were ordered to pay 11.8 million yen ($100,000) to the pensioner's family.
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