AGNES OTENG vs. FAITH BIBLE POWER MINISTRY AND ANOTHER

The plaintiff in this action was a trader before she got injured whilst travelling as a fare paying passenger in first defendant’s mercedez benz bus with registration number AS 6475 V, driven by the second defendant. As a result of the accident which occurred on 8th August, 2006 at Kotwi on the Kumasi – Obuasi motor road the she sustained various degrees of injuries and asserts she can no longer engage in her trading activities. She has therefore instituted the instant action against the defendants praying for the following reliefs: 1. SPECIAL DAMAGES: “(a) Loss of goods on board the vehicle – GH¢4,300 (b) Loss of monies in possession on plaintiff at the material time of the accident – GH¢1,150 (c) Loss of income between GH¢300.00 to GH¢ 400.00 2. General damages for inconvenience 3. Costs”. Though the defendants were served with the writ together with the statement of claim they failed to file a defence to the action after their counsel entered a conditiona...