SAMUEL NEEQUAYE vs. CHINA RAILWAY WUJU CORPORATION [2010]DLHC4301

Date	2010-03-18
Suit No.	SUIT NO. INDL/24/10
Citation No.	[2010]DLHC4301

KWABENA ASUMAN-ADU

MR. ANTHONY BOATENG FOR THE PLAINTIFF

NO APPEARANCE FOR THE DEFENDANT

[2010]DLHC4301
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" ><a name="OLE_LINK1">SAMUEL
NEEQUAYE<o:p></o:p></a>vs.<o:p></o:p>CHINA RAILWAY WUJU CORPORATION<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;[HIGH COURT (INDUSTRIAL/LABOUR
DIVISION), ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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SUIT NO.
INDL/24/10&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;DATE: 18TH
MARCH,
2010 <o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>MR.
ANTHONY BOATENG FOR THE PLAINTIFF<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>CORAM: <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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KWABENA
ASUMAN-ADU, JUSTICE
OF THE HIGH COURT<o:p></o:p>

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JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>On 11th December, 2009 the Plaintiff
issued out Writ of Summons against the Defendant for the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An order to compel the Defendant to pay reasonable
compensation for the injury caused to Plaintiff;<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An order to compel the Defendant to pay for all
medical expenses incurred by Plaintiff in treating the injury he sustained in
the course of his work;<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An order for Defendant to continue to pay the
regular salary of Plaintiff until he is declared fit by Doctors to resume his
work; and<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; General damages for pain, injury and loss of
cosmetic beauty.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>In the accompanying Statement of Claim, the
Plaintiff avers that he is a steel bender of the Defendant Company. The
Defendant is a firm involved in a road construction on the Tetteh Quarshie to
Apenkwa road in Accra. The Plaintiff further avers that he got injured in the
course of his work with the Defendant Company on 20th December, 2009
when a metal framework fell unto his right hand.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>He states that he was rushed to</main>