ERIC MENSAH vs. CEIBA INTERNATIONAL [2016]DLHC11829

Date	2016-03-16
Suit No.	SUIT NO. BC 711/2015
Citation No.	[2016]DLHC11829

HER LADYSHIP NOVISI AFUA ARYENE (MRS.)

FRANCIS-XAVIER SOSU ESQ. FOR PLAINTIFF

[2016]DLHC11829
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ERIC MENSAH <o:p></o:p>

(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>

vs.<o:p></o:p>

<a name="_heading=h.gjdgxs"></a>CEIBA INTERNATIONAL <o:p></o:p>

[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>

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padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">SUIT NO. BC 711/2015&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: 16TH&nbsp;MARCH
2016<o:p></o:p>

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COUNSEL&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; <o:p></o:p>

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CORAM<o:p></o:p>

HER LADYSHIP NOVISI
AFUA ARYENE (MRS.) <o:p></o:p>

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The facts as can be gleaned
from the Statement of Claim are that: On the 8th of February 2015, Plaintiff who is resident
in Equatorial Guinea
traveled to Ghana by the Defendant’s
Airline flight number C2/Y3FWAS
to attend his mother’s funeral.
His brown suitcase weighing 25 kilos, containing
items for the funeral, personal effects, presents for family and friends and
documents were not found on arrival.<o:p></o:p>

Plaintiff was asked by the
Defendant to fill a complaint form. He also filed a property irregularity
report and was asked to check with the Defendant on Sundays. It is Plaintiff’s
case that he lives in Swedru in the Central Region but made several weekly
trips to the Airport to check on his lost baggage to no avail.<o:p></o:p>

Plaintiff contended that he
wrote a letter dated 17th of April 2015 to Defendant listing the
items in the lost suitcase. In their response dated 7th May,
Defendant assured Plaintiff that they were doing everything possible to trace
the lost baggage.<o:p></o:p>

Plaintiff averred that this
was not the first time he has lost his baggage on Defendant’s airline and that
a similar incident happened on a trip from Ghana to Equatorial Guinea but a
report yielded no results.<o:p></o:p>

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Plaintiff contended that
the total value of the items in the suitcase was 2,459,000 CFA which is
GHc14,631.05 and that he lost these items due to the negligence of the
Defendant. Plaintiff claims as follows:<o:p></o:p>

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