AKUA ODAI vs. LUIS DENTEH AND SYLVESTER AGBELI-GABRIELLA [2018]DLHC3480

Date	2018-04-09
Suit No.	SUIT NONO.GJ/1228/17
Citation No.	[2018]DLHC3480

HIS LORDSHIP ERIC KYEI BAFFOUR JUSTICE OF THE HIGH COURT

[2018]DLHC3480
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" ><a name="OLE_LINK1">AKUA
ODAI<o:p></o:p></a>vs.<o:p></o:p>LUIS DENTEH AND SYLVESTER AGBELI-GABRIELLA<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;[HIGH COURT (GENERAL
JURISDICTION DIVISION), 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
NONO.GJ/1228/17&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: 9TH APRIL, 2018<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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HIS LORDSHIP ERIC KYEI BAFFOUR JUSTICE
OF THE HIGH COURT<o:p></o:p>

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JUDGEMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div><p style="margin: 6pt 0in; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">The
Plaintiff being the sole administratrix of the estate of her deceased brother
took out the writ claiming the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p><p style="margin: 6pt 0in 6pt 0.75in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in; line-height: 115%; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
A declaration that the accident on 13th of
May, 2017 that resulted in the death of James Amponsah was as a result of the
negligence of the 1st Defendant<o:p></o:p><p style="margin: 6pt 0in 6pt 0.75in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in; line-height: 115%; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">ii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
An order for the Defendant to pay to the Plaintiff the
sum of Gh¢800.00 per week for twenty (25) [sic] years beginning from the first
day of the accident being income the deceased James Amponsah would have earned
had it not been the accident resulting from the negligence of 1st
Defendant.<o:p></o:p><p style="margin: 6pt 0in 6pt 0.75in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in; line-height: 115%; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">iii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
An order for the Defendants to pay to the Plaintiff
general damages for the loss of dependency children [sic] left behind by the
deceased James Amponsah as a result of the accident.<o:p></o:p><p style="margin: 6pt 0in 6pt 0.75in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in; line-height: 115%; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">iv.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
An order for the Defendants to pay to the Plaintiff
the sum of Gh¢23,000.00 for hospital and funeral expenses incurred in the
burial of James Amponsah (deceased).<o:p></o:p><p style="margin: 6pt 0in 6pt 0.75in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in; line-height: 115%; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">v.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Interest on items (ii), (iii) and (iv) above from the
day of the accident to the day of final payment <o:p></o:p><p style="margin: 6pt 0in 6pt 0.75in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in; line-height: 115%; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">vi.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Cost of this action assessed at 10% on items (ii),
(iii), (iv) and (v)<o:p></o:p><p style="margin: 6pt 0in 6pt 0.75in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in; line-height: 115%; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">