CHIEF SUPT (RTD) GABRIEL ANSU MANU vs. ELECTRICITY CORPORATION OF GHANA [2014]DLHC8471

Date	2014-02-14
Suit No.	SUIT NO. C12/222/2010
Citation No.	[2014]DLHC8471

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE JACOB B. BOON

NANA OBIRI BOAHEN FOR THE PLAINTIFF

TONY MMIEH FOR THE DEFENDANT

[2014]DLHC8471
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(RTD) GABRIEL ANSU MANU<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>ELECTRICITY CORPORATION OF GHANA<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT, KUMASI]<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. C12/222/2010&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; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;DATE: 14TH FEBRUARY, 2014<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>NANA
OBIRI BOAHEN 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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TONY
MMIEH FOR THE DEFENDANT&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>

</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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HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE JACOB B. BOON<o:p></o:p>

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</div>The plaintiff is a retired police officer who put up a house on plot
number 96 Block B, Santasi, Kumasi. It is not disputed the house got burnt on
23rd March, 2007. Plaintiff pleaded and testified that the burning
of the house was caused by the negligence of the defendant company. His reason
for so asserting was captured in his evidence as follows:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>“Q. Can you explain why you
are saying defendant is responsible for the loss of your property?<o:p></o:p>A. On the day the house got
burnt ECG workers went to the area and changed an electric pole.<o:p></o:p>Q. So what happened after
that?<o:p></o:p>A. My house got burnt on fire
started from the ceiling.<o:p></o:p>Q. Your house got burnt as a
result of electric fluctuations?<o:p></o:p>A. That is so.<o:p></o:p>Q. ECG says they are not
responsible for the destruction, what do you say?<o:p></o:p>A. They are responsible.<o:p></o:p>Q. On the day in question was
it only your house that got burnt in the area?<o:p></o:p>A. Only my house got burnt but
there was fire outbreak in a nearby house which was quenched because it started
from down and not the ceiling as mine.<o:p></o:p>Q. Defendant say they cannot
be held responsible because they took due care and attention in their work
(sic)?<o:p></o:p>A. They did not. They were
negligent”.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>