ANTHONY DOGBE AND JANET TOKLO (PLAINTIFFS) vs. ALBERT AFENA AND SKY MINERAL WATER CO (DEFENDANTS) [2016]DLHC7676

ANTHONY DOGBE AND JANET TOKLO (PLAINTIFFS) vs. ALBERT AFENA AND SKY MINERAL WATE... [2016]DLHC7676

Date	2016-12-01
Suit No.	SUIT NO. BMISC 746/13
Citation No.	[2016]DLHC7676

HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE AFIA SERWAH ASARE-BOTWE (MRS.)

MR. ALEXANDER ADJEI FOR THE PLAINTIFFS

MR. VICTOR WALANKAKI FOR THE DEFENDANTS

[2016]DLHC7676
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >ANTHONY DOGBE
AND JANET TOKLO<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFFS)<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p>ALBERT AFENA
AND SKY MINERAL WATER CO<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH
COURT (FINANCIAL DIVISION 2), 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. BMISC 746/13&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; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;DATE:
1ST DECEMBER, 2016<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>MR.
ALEXANDER ADJEI FOR THE PLAINTIFFS <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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MR.
VICTOR WALANKAKI FOR THE DEFENDANTS <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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HER
LADYSHIP JUSTICE AFIA SERWAH ASARE-BOTWE (MRS.) <o:p></o:p>

</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>On the 10th of June, 2013, the
Plaintiff issued a writ of summons and accompanying statement of claim for the
following reliefs; <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:11.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:
none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:
yes">(i) A declaration that the accident that
resulted in the death of Enoch Ayiglo was caused by the negligence of the 1st
Defendant. <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:19.65pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:
none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:
yes">(ii) Gh₵500 per month for thirty-nine
(39) years being financial support that the Plaintiffs would have obtained from
the deceased Enoch Ayiglo had he not been killed through the negligence of the
1st Defendant. <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:19.9pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:
none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:
yes">(iii) Interest on item (ii) above from the
day of the accident to the day of final judgment. <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:19.9pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:
none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:
yes">(iv) Gh₵10,000 for loss of dependency. <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>(v) Gh₵12,000 for funeral expenses. <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:19.9pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:
none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:
yes">(vi) Interest on items (iv) and (v) above
from the day of the accident to the day of final judgment. <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:19.9pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:
none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:
yes">(vii) The cost of this action assessed at 10%
on items (ii), (iii), (iv),(v) and (vi). <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:19.9pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:
none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:
yes">(viii) Any other reliefs that the Honourable
Court deems fit. <o:p></o:p>FACTS <o:p></o:p>The uncontroverted facts of the case that on
the 31st of January, 2012 at about 10 am, the 1st Defendant
was in charge of the 2nd Defendant’s Kia Rhino Truck with
registration No. GR 5407-12 driving from St John’s Senior High School towards
Hebron. At a section of the road between the School and Tantra Hill Junction on
the by-pass road along the Achimota Ofankor Highway, the deceased, who was
crossing the road from the nearside to the offside was knocked down by the
vehicle being driven by the 1st Defendant. <o:p></o:p>