£473,000 cash for 'overwork' suicide

By The Newsroom

Published 28th Feb 2011, 14:16 BST

Updated 28th Feb 2011, 22:10 BST

A JAPANESE court yesterday ordered carmaker Mazda to pay $770,000 (£473,000) in damages to the parents of an unidentified employee.

They were ruled to have committed suicide over depression from being overworked, according to Yutaka Kikui, the lawyer for the buyer's family.