TERRY AFETSI vs. CEDAR QUARRY [2019]DLHC10341

Date	2019-02-21
Suit No.	SUIT NO INDL/12/2014
Citation No.	[2019]DLHC10341

HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE ANANDA JULIANA AIKINS

COUNSEL FOR THE PLAINTIFF: MR BEDE TUKUU

[2019]DLHC10341
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >TERRY AFETSI<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>CEDAR QUARRY<o:p></o:p>[HIGH
COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

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NO INDL/12/2014&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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:
21ST FEBRUARY, 2019<o:p></o:p>

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FOR THE PLAINTIFF: MR BEDE TUKUU <o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>HER
LADYSHIP JUSTICE ANANDA JULIANA AIKINS<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0cm;">

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</div>&nbsp;On the 29th day of October, 2013,
the plaintiff issued a writ of summons against the defendant herein for the
following reliefs:<o:p></o:p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Payment of
a compensation of Gh₵50,000
to plaintiff by defendant for injuries plaintiff sustained whilst working as an
employee of the defendant.<o:p></o:p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Payment of
all medical expenses incurred by the plaintiff on his treatment so far and
provision for future medical expenses as plaintiff injuries continue.<o:p></o:p>3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Cost
including solicitors legal fees.<o:p></o:p>THE
PLAINTIFF’S CASE<o:p></o:p>In his statement of claim the plaintiff
said he was employed by the defendant company on the 19th of
December 2011 as an electrician and that he also doubled as a machine operator
for the company which is described in the statement of claim as a limited
liability company doing business in the quarry sector with its offices located
at the Shai Hills near Tema.<o:p></o:p>The plaintiff said he worked for the
defendant diligently until the 10th of December 2012 when he fell
down from a ladder while he, under the instructions of his supervisor, was
replacing a malfunctioning light bulb in the defendant company’s yard and that
he sustained injury as a result of the fall. He said he was attended to by the
defendant company’s medical doctor, one Dr. Omari of Omari Medical Centre who
later referred the plaintiff to the Tema General Hospital.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;According to the plaintiff he underwent a
series of tests at the said hospital and that whilst he was still receiving
medical treatments at the Tema General Hospital, he received a letter from the
defendant company terminating his appointment. The plaintiff continued to state
that the defendant company failed to pay his medical expenses and also did not
pay him any compensation for the injury he suffered. The plaintiff gave
particulars of his injury as severe back pain, spinal and joint pains and said
he has become incapacitated as a result of the injury he suffered. The
plaintiff said his degree of incapacitation was assessed by the medics at the
Tema General Hospital at 60% the breakdown of which was as follows:<o:p></o:p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Incapacity
for disc herniation L4/45, L5/S1 with resultant spinal stenosis secondary to a
fall…. 40%<o:p></o:p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Incapacity
for early onset of lumbar spondy aggravated by a fall…. 10%<o:p></o:p>