KWAKU ACHEAMPONG vs. FASAT CONSTRUCTION CO. LTD AND STEPHEN ASHITEY

DZAMEFE, JA The respondent in this appeal, a twenty two year old unemployed with half amputed right hand, which happened when he was only 16 years old, issued this writ of summons against the appellant for the following reliefs;- a. Declaration by the court that the plaintiff was at the time of the accident a minor and was never made officially an employee of the defendant’s company but an apprentice and therefore was never paid an official salary. b. Declaration that the injury sustained by him on 25th April 2002 was in course of his working for the defendant in course of his apprenticeship. c. Declaration that as an apprentice who suffered the injury in course of working for the defendant, in addition to the defendant having borne all his medial bills and maintained him up to 23rd December 2007, the defendant is still liable to bear the full cost of having the appropriate prosthetic device fixed for him abroad as the Medical Officer has adviced. d. Declaration that for the f.....