MANAGING DIRECTOR, GHANA FOOD DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION AND ANOTHER vs. TORTO

LUTTERODT JA. On 10 April 1992, the plaintiffs, acting through their solicitor, issued a writ against the two defendants jointly and severally for three reliefs. These were for: “(a) Fifteen million cedis damages for wrongful dismissal or wrongful termination of the plaintiffs’ appointments; (b) Five million cedis damages for breach of contract with the plaintiffs; (c) An order that the salaries, allowances and entitlements of the plaintiffs be paid from 1988, when they were interdicted to the date of judgment with interest at the prevailing bank rate”. As the accompanying statement of claim clearly spelt out, the two plaintiffs were, until 1988, in the employ of the Ghana Food Distribution Corporation, and were both stationed at the corporation’s depot at Wenchi in the Brong-Ahafo Region. The 1st plaintiff joined the corporation in or around 1973 while the 2nd did so some seven years later. The two defendants, on the other hand, are the Managing Director and Area Man...