DR. R. S. D. TEI AND ANOTHER vs. MESSR CEIBA INTERCONTINENTAL

PWAMANG, JSC:- This is an appeal against the judgment of the Court of Appeal dated 29th June, 2017. The background to the case is as follows; The plaintiff/appellant/appellant, to be referred to as the appellant, is an international engineering consultant and Executive Chairman of Rockshell International and Delta Group of Companies. On 5th October, 2014 he boarded an aircraft of the defendant/respondent/respondent, to be referred to as respondent, at the Kotoka International Airport, Accra as a fee paying passenger to fly to Malabo in Equatorial Guinea. The trip was to discuss the setting up of electricity generation facilities in Equatorial Guinea with the President of that country and he was in the company of his Executive Secretary and his Lawyer. As he took his seat on the aircraft a co-passenger opened the overhead carry-on baggage compartment and a piece of luggage fell on his left eye and he sustained a cut from which blood flowed. The appellant was given cotton wool and genti...