MATILDA PIGGOTT (MRS.) vs. ELECTRICITY COMPANY OF GHANA LIMITED

The Plaintiff, Matilda Piggott, sued the Defendant, Electricity Company of Ghana Limited (ECG), claiming general and special damages for negligence after a fire gutted parts of her house on 21 June 2015. The fire allegedly resulted from power surges caused by ECG workers reconnecting a transformer during load shedding off-period. Plaintiff asserted that all electrical appliances except the fridge were off, and the house was wired with high-quality materials under expert supervision. She attributed the fire damage, estimated at GH¢33,398.00 and $7,935.00, to the Defendant's negligence in restoring power without adequate safety measures. The Defendant denied any maintenance or repair work on the transformer serving the Plaintiff's area on the date in question and challenged the causation of the fire.

JUDGMENT The Plaintiff sued the Defendant, Electricity Company of Ghana Limited for the following relief endorse, filed on the 26/7/2017; i. General and special damages for negligence. ii. Further or other relief the Honourable Court may deem fit. Her story has it that, on the 21st day of June, 2015 during the off period of the load shedding exercise, some workers of the Defendant Company (ECG) Ho came to her area of residence to reconnect a transformer serving their customers who were without power. According to her, whilst reconnecting power, there were several power outages which resulted in a very high-power surges whenever the power is turned on, as a result of which part of her house particularly her kitchen, storeroom and living room were guttered with fire and several items were destroyed. She estimated the total value of items destroyed at GH¢33,398.00 and $7,935.00. According to her, she applied to the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS), Ho and a report on t....