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Family of Chinese rooftopper Wu Yongning, who was killed in fall, sues live-streaming app and wins US$4,300 compensation
- Wu Yongning died after plunging from a skyscraper in November 2017 while trying to win a US$15,000 prize
- Court in Beijing rules Huajiao was partly responsible for daredevil’s death as it encouraged his dangerous acts
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Mandy Zuoin Shanghai
A Chinese live-streaming platform has been ordered to pay 30,000 yuan (US$4,300) to the family of a “rooftopper” who plunged to his death from a 62-storey building in central China in November 2017.
Wu Yongning lost his life after falling from a skyscraper in Changsha, capital of Hunan province, while making a selfie video in a bid to win a 100,000 yuan prize.
The Beijing Internet Court ruled on Tuesday that Huajiao, one of several apps that Wu used to promote his daring exploits, should bear “minor responsibility” for the accident, Xiaoxiang Morning Post reported.
As an internet service provider, the Beijing-based company was partly responsible for its users’ safety, the court said.
As a commercial enterprise it shared the financial rewards Wu made from his followers and therefore partly encouraged his dangerous adventures, it said.
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