[2022]DLHC11603 • July 28, 2022 • High Court
DR. EKOW SPIO – GARBRAH vs. BERNARD ANTWI BOASIAKO AND WONTUMI MULTIMEDIA
In a writ of summons dated 17th September 2020, the Plaintiff claimed the following reliefs from the Defendants; a) General damages against the Defendants for defamatory comments against the Plaintiff. b) Aggravated damages against the Defendants for subjecting the Plaintiff to humiliating and malicious circumstances through his defamatory comment against the Plaintiff. c) Punitive damages against the Defendants as punishment for the defamatory comments against the Plaintiff d) Compensatory damages against the Defendants for the defamatory comments against the Plaintiff. e) Costs including legal fees f) Any other order(s) as to this Honourable Court may seem fit in the circumstances In the statement of claim, the Plaintiff gave the Particulars of the defamation as follows in his paragraph 6: a) The 1ST Defendant, while making his submissions on the 2nd Defendant's morning show, called the Plaintiff 'a thief b) One Nana Oteatuoso Kokobeng II read a statement purporting to have...