Shunyi District Court recently heard a case where relatives of Chen Hai (pseudonym) filed a lawsuit against five business partners who invited Chen for a banquet in Chongqing. Chen died after a dinner where Chen drank three or four bottles of baijiu, the Beijing Morning Post reported.

After the case, the five men agreed to compensate the family 200,000 yuan ($31,386), plus pay off the loan for the family's home, but they did not fulfill the agreement.

Now, the defendants claim they signed the agreement under pressure, and there is no evidence showing that Chen died of alcohol poisoning.

The family claims the five men should be responsible for Chen's death because they failed to send Chen to the hospital. 

They are awaiting a verdict from the court.