RICHARD PEPRAH OF SUNYANI PRISON SUNYANI vs. THE DIRECTOR GENERAL, GHANA PRISONS SERVICE, SUNYANI, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, SUNYANI, THE DRIVER IN CHARGE, SUNYANI AND SERGEANT FRANK SASU OF GHANA PRISONS SERVICE, SUNYANI [2019]DLCA8709

RICHARD PEPRAH OF SUNYANI PRISON SUNYANI vs. THE DIRECTOR GENERAL, GHANA PRISON... [2019]DLCA8709

Date	2019-06-25
Suit No.	SUIT NO. H1/78/2018
Citation No.	[2019]DLCA8709

MARIAMA OWUSU J.A. (PRESIDING)

DZAMEFE J. A.

WELBOURNE (MRS) J. A

[2019]DLCA8709
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" ><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><w:sdtpr></w:sdtpr>RICHARD PEPRAH OF SUNYANI PRISON SUNYANI<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" 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;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">vs.<o:p></o:p>THE DIRECTOR GENERAL, GHANA
 PRISONS SERVICE, SUNYANI, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, SUNYANI, THE DRIVER IN CHARGE,
 SUNYANI AND SERGEANT FRANK SASU OF GHANA PRISONS SERVICE, SUNYANI<o:p></o:p>(1ST
 2ND &amp; 4TH DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[COURT
 OF APPEAL, KUMASI]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
 padding:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">
 <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
 text-align:center;line-height:normal;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
 padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">SUIT
 NO. H1/78/2018&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: 25TH &nbsp;JUNE, 2019<o:p></o:p>
 </div><span lang="EN-GB" 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;;
 mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">CORAM:<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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 MARIAMA OWUSU J.A.
 (PRESIDING), DZAMEFE J. A., WELBOURNE (MRS) J. A.<o:p></o:p>
 </div>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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 <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:
 .0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:center;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:
 none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:
 solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>
 </div>Welbourne (Mrs.), JA<o:p></o:p>Brief Facts:<o:p></o:p>The Plaintiff (Richard Peprah) then a mason was
serving a three (3) month jail term for the offence of stealing his uncle’s
Multi TV decoder worth One Hundred Ghana cedis (GHȼ100).<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The Plaintiff on the 9th of June, 2016,
having served 2 months with a month remaining for his release from lawful
custody was escorted by the 4th Defendant, Sergeant Frank Sasu
together with other inmates numbering five (5) of the Ghana Prisons Service,
Sunyani Prisons, to a block factory, owned by the Prisons Service to convey
cement blocks to various destinations for sale. The Plaintiff together with the
other inmates were ordered to sit at the back of a KIA commercial truck which
was hired by the Prison Authorities to cart the said cement blocks. After
returning from two deliveries and on their way to the block factory to complete
a third trip the Plaintiff claimed that on a cross section of the road within
the Sunyani township at the traffic light near the Sunyani Police Station, the
commercial truck driver abruptly applied his brakes to avoid collision with a
car in front of him and as a result he was thrown overboard the vehicle. He
landed in the middle of the asphalt road and was subsequently rushed to the
Regional Hospital Sunyani where he underwent a couple of surgeries. The
Plaintiff further submitted that as a result of the reckless driving of the 3rd
Defendant, he sustained severe injuries that have permanently incapacitated
him. <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Consequently, the Plaintiff commenced an action in the
tort of negligence against the Director of Ghana Prisons Service, the Attorney
General, the commercial driver and the Sergeant who escorted him and the other
inmates for the following reliefs:-<o:p></o:p>