JULIUS SYLVESTER BORTEY ALABI (PLAINTIFF) vs PARESH & 2 OTHERS (DEFENDANTS) [2015]DLHC7234

Date	2015-10-28
Suit No.	SUIT NO.AD68/2014
Citation No.	[2015]DLHC7234

P. BRIGHT MENSAH J

CEPHAS MOTEY FOR TONY LITHUR FOR THE PLAINTIFF

SIC LEGAL DEPARTMENT FOR THE DEFENDANTS BUT LATER WITHDREW THEIR REPRESENTATION

[2015]DLHC7234
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >JULIUS SYLVESTER BORTEY
ALABI<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs<o:p></o:p>PARESH &amp; 2 OTHERS<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT, 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.AD68/2014 &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: 28TH OCTOBER, 2015<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>CEPHAS MOTEY
FOR TONY LITHUR 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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SIC LEGAL DEPARTMENT FOR THE DEFENDANTS BUT LATER WITHDREW THEIR
REPRESENTATION <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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P.
BRIGHT MENSAH, J<o:p></o:p>

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</div>Practice and Procedure – Hearing Notice
– Trial – Where the party affected was sufficiently aware of the hearing date
or was sufficiently offered the opportunity to appear but he refused or failed
to avail himself, the court was entitled to proceed and to determine the case
on the basis of the evidence adduced at the trial. <o:p></o:p>Law of Evidence – Material
Evidence not challenged – Where a party has given <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:50.85pt;
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evidence and the party was not seriously challenged by way of cross&nbsp; examination and or evidence in rebuttal that
party needed not offer further evidence in support of that fact. <o:p></o:p>Law of Tort – Negligence – Duty of Care
– Whether plaintiff accident was negligently caused by the Defendants – An
employer owes a duty to his workman to see that reasonable care is taken for
the workman’s safety. <o:p></o:p>Law of Tort – Special Damages – Where
special damage was not strictly proved for lack of receipts but there was
evidence to support it, the plaintiff ought to be awarded nominal damages on
arbitrary basis. <o:p></o:p>Law of Tort – Damages – Assessment of
Injuries – That where the injury results in damages that do not admit of
assessment by arithmetical calculation the plaintiff should be awarded fair and
reasonable compensation. <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>JUDGMENT: <o:p></o:p>I precede this judgment with a
quotation from the Holy Scriptures, <o:p></o:p>“..............open your
mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.” Proverbs 31:9 – Modern English Version (MEV) <o:p></o:p>On the 2nd day of
May 2014, an Accra-based lawyer pleading the cause of a traumatized and hapless
young adult aged about 18, caused a writ of summons to be issued in the
registry of this court. Per the endorsement on the writ, Julius Sylvester
Bortey Alabi (Plaintiff herein), was/is claiming the following reliefs: <o:p></o:p>a) special damages of Gh¢19,490.00 being costs incurred by
Plaintiff as a result of injuries sustained due to defendants’ negligence; <o:p></o:p>b) general damages; <o:p></o:p>