AFRICAN AUTOMOBILE LTD. vs. MITSUBISHI MOTORS CORPORATION [2011]DLCA6216

Date	2011-12-15
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO.: H1/197/2011
Citation No.	[2011]DLCA6216

HENRIETTA ABBAN J.A. (PRESIDING)

F. KUSI-APPIAH J.A.

AYEBI J.A.

MR. K. K. SEY FOR THE DEFT/APPELLANT

MR. K. ADDO ATUAH FOR THE PLT/RESPONDENT

[2011]DLCA6216
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >AFRICAN
AUTOMOBILE LTD. <o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>MITSUBISHI
MOTORS CORPORATION<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;(DEFENDANT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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APPEAL NO.: H1/197/2011&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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;DATE: 15TH
DECEMBER, 2011<o:p></o:p>

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(PRESIDING), F. KUSI-APPIAH J.A., AYEBI J.A.<o:p></o:p>

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</div>AYEBI
J.A. <o:p></o:p>The
plaintiff/respondent is a motor company incorporated under the laws of Ghana.
Defendant/appellant is a Japanese company which manufactures Mitsubishi brand
of Motor Vehicles. Pursuant to a distributorship agreement between them, the
plaintiff/respondent had been engaged in the importation, distribution and
repair of defendant/appellant’s brand of vehicles in Ghana for a considerable
length of time. <o:p></o:p>One
of such import by plaintiff/respondent from the defendant/appellant involved
the Mitsubishi Pajero model mounted with an engine code named 4M40. The said
engine type had serious defects which the plaintiff/respondent brought to the
attention of the defendant/appellant. It is the case of the
plaintiff/respondent that the defendant/appellant acknowledged the defect in
the engines but all the corrective remedies prescribed by them failed. And
after persistent pressure, the defendant/appellant assured that
plaintiff/respondent will be compensated for whatever cost she incurred from
her own resources in assuaging the anger and frustrations of users of
defendant/appellant’s said brand of vehicles. <o:p></o:p>Unfortunately,
plaintiff/respondent says when she served warranty claims on the
defendant/appellant, the latter reneged on her previous assurances.
Plaintiff/respondent by her writ of summons against the defendant/appellant,
claims the following reliefs: <o:p></o:p>(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
A declaration that defendants have breached
their obligations pursuant to agreement reached with plaintiffs regarding the
200 faulty Mitsubishi Model 4M40 Engines supplied by defendants. <o:p></o:p>(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
An order directed at defendants to
reimburse plaintiffs for all the expenses incurred in connection with the
faulty engines aforesaid from 2005 to date of final judgment. <o:p></o:p>(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Any other reliefs. <o:p></o:p>(iv)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Damages for breaches of agreement. <o:p></o:p>