DODZI AZUMAH vs. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND 3 OTHERS [2017]DLHC4060

Date	2017-11-30
Suit No.	SUIT NO. CS 44/2000
Citation No.	[2017]DLHC4060

ERIC BAAH JUSTICE OF THE HIGH COURT

S.M.K. DZIKUNU FOR PLANTIFF SIMON

ADATSI FOR 1ST DEFENDANT

E. Y. GAEWU FOR 2ND AND 4TH DEFENDANTS

[2017]DLHC4060
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >DODZI AZUMAH<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND
3 OTHERS<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT, HO]<o:p></o:p>SUIT
NO. CS 44/2000&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;30TH
NOVEMBER, 2017<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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<o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>S.M.K.
DZIKUNU FOR PLANTIFF SIMON <o:p></o:p>ADATSI
FOR 1ST DEFENDANT <o:p></o:p>E.
Y. GAEWU FOR 2ND AND 4TH DEFENDANTS <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>1. By
the endorsement on his amended writ of summons, the plaintiff seeks the
following reliefs; <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-pagination:none;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;border:none;mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;
mso-border-shadow:yes">i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
General and special damages against the
defendants as a result of the negligent driving of
vehicles No. GH 8821 G and No. GR 5320 B by the 2nd defendant and police
constable Bismark Addae respectively on or about 13 day of April 2000 resulting
in the collision between the two vehicles
and damages to vehicle No. GR 5320 B, the property of the plaintiff. <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-pagination:none;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;border:none;mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;
mso-border-shadow:yes">ii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An order
of the court that the defendants pay
to the plaintiff the market value at the time of judgment of the plaintiff's
Toyota Tercel vehicle No. GR 5320 B which was damaged beyond economic repair as
a result of the negligence of police
constable Bismark Addae of Ghana Police
Service, Keta and the 2nd Defendant. <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>A.