[2010]DLHC4181May 28, 2010High Court

EVELYN BOATENG vs. BISHOP ACKAM-NEWMAN, REGISTERED TRUSTEES MERCEDONIA PRAYER CENTRE AND STATE INSURANCE CO. LTD

Sometime in the year, 1999 the Plaintiff herein caused her lawyer to issue a writ of summons claiming against the defendants:- a) ₵20,000,000.00 being the total value for the replacement of Nissan Urvan bus No. ER 667 C which is a total write-off. b) Loss of use of the said vehicle at ₵1,500,000.00 each month for the period for which the vehicle was wrecked. c) Interest on the total amount being claimed at the current bank lending rate from the date of accident up to the date of final payment. d) General damages and costs. With the leave of the court relief (a) as endorsed on the writ was subsequently amended to read as follows:- “Recovery of the replacement value of Nissan Urvan bus No. ER 667 C which is a total write-off.” Significantly, the 1st and 2nd defendants had on the 4th March, 1999 equally counterclaimed against the Plaintiff as follows:- 1) Repair of the 2nd defendant’s vehicle and or in the alternative the replacement value of the vehicl...