Comments on the judgment of the first instance on the compensation case of Yangzhou Qunfa Company from the perspective of critical thinking

Abstract

On Saturday, May 14, 2016, because Chang Xuehong and Shi Jimei, staff members of the inspection department of Yangzhou Qunfa Heat Exchanger Co., Ltd. were unwilling to work overtime in the afternoon, the company failed to deliver goods on time and compensated the customer, Youmeng company, with liquidated damages of 120,000 yuan. Qunfa sued Chang Xuehong and Shi Jimei for compensation for the company’s losses caused by refusing to work overtime. In the first instance, the People’s Court of Hanjiang District of Yangzhou City sentenced Chang Xuehong and Shi Jimei to bear 15% of the losses incurred by Qunfa, that is, 18,000 yuan. On April 29, 2020, Yangzhou Hanjiang Court took this case as a typical case to deliver a speech at a press conference, which aroused heated discussion in the wider society and became the focus of public opinion. This paper comments on the judgment of the first instance of the case from the perspective of critical thinking and points out its logic errors.