DAVID KWADWO ANDERSON, TAHIRU MOHAMMED AND RICHARD OBOUR vs. ISAAC KRAMPAH AND AWURAMA MEMORIAL FOUNDATION [2017]DLHC4027

DAVID KWADWO ANDERSON, TAHIRU MOHAMMED AND RICHARD OBOUR vs. ISAAC KRAMPAH AND A... [2017]DLHC4027

Date	2017-03-02
Suit No.	SUIT NO. BMIS 1001/2015
Citation No.	[2017]DLHC4027

KWEKU T. ACKAAH-BOAFO JUSTICE OF THE HIGH COURT

MR. MOHAMMED AWAL ALHASSAN FOR THE PLAINTIFFS

MR. DANSO ACHEAMPONG FOR THE DEFENDANTS

[2017]DLHC4027
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >DAVID KWADWO
ANDERSON, TAHIRU MOHAMMED AND RICHARD OBOUR<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>ISAAC KRAMPAH AND AWURAMA MEMORIAL FOUNDATION<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;[HIGH COURT (GENERAL JURISDICTION DIVISION),
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BMIS 1001/2015&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; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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: 2ND MARCH, 2017<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>MR.
MOHAMMED AWAL ALHASSAN 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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</div>Introduction:<o:p></o:p>[1]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; When
Isaac Krampah, the 1st Defendant in this case sat in the driver’s seat of a
Dodge Sprinter commuter bus vehicle with registration No. ER 1779-14 in the wee
hours of August 5, 2014 from Accra to Takoradi, little did he know that he was
setting in motion a chain of events which would lead to horrific casualties…a
pelvic contusion, left femure fracture, forehead haematoma, scars, surgery,
weeks of convalescence in the hospital, death of about four persons and a law
suit<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[2]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; This
action arises out of a vehicle accident that occurred at Gomoa Adawukwa on the
Accra-Winneba road on August 5, 2014 at about 5:30 A.M., when the 1st and 2nd
Plaintiffs were fare paying passengers on another Sprinter bus with
registration Number ER 553-10 together with the 3rd Plaintiff’s late wife,
Adama Azus. The Plaintiffs and other passengers sustained different degree of
injuries and subsequently the 3rd Plaintiff’s wife and the driver of the vehicle
she was on board and others died from their injuries. The 1st Defendant was the
driver of the Sprinter bus with registration number ER 1779-14, and it was
owned by the 2nd Defendant Awurama Memorial Foundation. A police accident
report was prepared by the Ghana Police and a duplicate case docket was sent to
the Attorney General Office but there is no evidence that anyone was charged
and prosecuted. <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[3]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; On
the 21st day of July 2015, the Plaintiffs caused the writ of summons
accompanied by a statement of claim to issue against the Defendants for the
following relief:<o:p></o:p>General Damages and Special Damages<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Heads of General Damages<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;
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