Tunghsing Building

In November 1999, five people including KMT lawmaker Hsieh Lung-sheng [zh] were charged with negligence related to poor construction.

[14] Residents accused the management of Hung Kuo Group [zh] of inadequate design of the building and asked for NT$2.5 billion compensation.

[15] A difficulty in assessing the case was that building codes were not yet well developed at the time of construction.

[16] The case was finally decided by the Supreme Court on October 3, 2014, with an award of NT$330 million to the residents.

As the defendants involved were either dead or companies who had no assets, the residents were unlikely to receive any payout.

The cause of the collapse was determined to be a design flaw due to underestimating the building's weight by 18 percent.

[13] After appeals, a High Court ruling awarded a total of NT$330 million due to the city officials' negligence in supervising the building's construction.