군용 비행장 소음소송과 관련한 2010 대법원 판결에 대한 小考

Abstract

In November, 2010, The Supreme Court of Korea has finally decided to compensate plaintiffs who suffered from aircraft noises for loss. The lawsuits that started almost 10 years ago were decided against the defendant, Air Force of Korea. The reason of that Supreme court decision was quite simple but it had massive influence on Korean goverment’s policy toward residents living near air force base. By this decision, over 500,000 residents could be compensated for loss that is nearly 200 billion won(200 million dollars). But despite this case, there are a number of problems that remain to be solved. The representative problem is infinite repeat of lawsuits cause noise of aircraft can’t be reduced by this decision. So same plaintiffs who were compensated will sue against air force repeatedly and that is very ineffective to both plaintiff and defendant. So the purpose of this article is to take a close look at that decision of Supreme Court of Korea and to suggest alternative policies about compensation for aircraft noise damages.