[2016]DLHC12111 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><div class="WordSection1"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:25.5pt;text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#00B0F0">DOREEN AHUN<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:25.5pt;text-align:center"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#00B0F0"> </span></i></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">(PLAINTIFF) <o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:25.5pt;text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#00B0F0">ZOOM ALLIANCE GHAHA LIMITED <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:center"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#00B0F0"> </span></i></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">(DEFENDANT) <o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:center"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p></span></p> <div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">SUIT NO. AC 41/2014 DATE: 28</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;"><span style="font-size: 10px;">TH </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">JANUARY 2016<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">COUNSEL<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">DEFENDANT REPRESENTED BY J. B. DANQUAH,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">ROCKSON NELSON DEFEAMEKPOR FOR PLAINTIFF, <o:p></o:p></span></p> <div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">KWABENA GYAMFI NIMAKO FOR ANDREW OWUSU FOR DEFENDANT <o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">CORAM<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif">HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE R. B. BATU (J)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0cm;"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;border:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></b></p> <p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top:4.45pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">The<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>claim<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>Plaintiff<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>against<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>Defendant<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>is<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>for:<span style="letter-spacing:.1pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">-</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top:9.45pt;margin-right:52.2pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:79.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent: -31.45pt;line-height:148%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 148%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">“(a) A declaration that the accident involving Plaintiff’s and <span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">Defendant’s</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">vehicles</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">on</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">10<sup>th</sup></span><span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">May</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">2013</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">was</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">caused</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">by</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">Defendant’s negligence.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top:9.45pt;margin-right:52.2pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:83.55pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent: -18.0pt;line-height:148%;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo5"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">(b)<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:148%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">An<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>order<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>directed<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>at<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>Defendant<span style="letter-spacing: -.4pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>pay<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>Plaintiff<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>an<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>amount<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>of Seventy Thousand Ghana Cedis (GH¢70,000.00) being the value of the Plaintiff’s vehicle which the Defendant damaged as at the date of filing this writ or in the alternative (i) an order the Defendant to immediately pay for the cost of repairing Plaintiff’s vehicle to its original state before the accident.<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:8.0pt;margin-right:52.45pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:83.55pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt; line-height:150%;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo5;tab-stops:77.15pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%">(c)<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">An<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>order<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>for<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>recovery<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>an<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>amount<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>Twenty<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>Nine<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>Thousand Ghana Cedis (GH¢29,000.00) being the cost of the car Plaintiff rented from May 23<sup>rd</sup> to date of issuing the writ.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:8.0pt;margin-right:52.05pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:83.55pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt; line-height:150%;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo5;tab-stops:76.5pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%">(d)<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">An<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>order<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>for<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>Defendant<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>pay<span style="letter-spacing:-.85pt"> </span>Plaintiff<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt"> </span>any<span style="letter-spacing:-.85pt"> </span>extra<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>cost<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>Plaintiff<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>may incur due to the loss of use of vehicle from the date of this action till date Plaintiff’s car is replaced/repaired.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:7.95pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:83.55pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list: l4 level1 lfo5;tab-stops:77.15pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt">(e)<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Cost<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>including<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt"> </span>legal<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">costs.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top:.55pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;margi