AGNES ASARE-KONADU (PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT) vs. FIRST RATE MICRO FINANCE CO. LTD, PANYIN BENYIMAH ARTHUR AND EMMANUEL AVEMEE (DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS) [2019]DLHC7705

AGNES ASARE-KONADU (PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT) vs. FIRST RATE MICRO FINANCE CO. LTD, P... [2019]DLHC7705

Date	2019-06-13
Suit No.	SUIT NO.: H1/220/2018
Citation No.	[2019]DLHC7705

HONYENUGA JA (PRESIDING)

LOVELACE -JOHNSON (MS) JA

POKU-ACHEAMPONG JA.

HAROLD ATUGUBA FOR PLAINTIFF / APPELLANT

HAMZA ALHASSAN FOR 2ND & 3RD DEFENDENTS / RESPONDENTS

[2019]DLHC7705
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >AGNES ASARE-KONADU<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;
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mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p>FIRST RATE
MICRO FINANCE CO. LTD, PANYIN BENYIMAH ARTHUR AND EMMANUEL AVEMEE<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL, 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
NO.: H1/220/2018&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; DATE:
13TH JUNE, 2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>HAROLD
ATUGUBA FOR PLAINTIFF / APPELLANT<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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HAMZA
ALHASSAN FOR 2ND &amp; 3RD DEFENDENTS / RESPONDENTS<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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HONYENUGA
JA (PRESIDING), LOVELACE -JOHNSON (MS) JA, POKU-ACHEAMPONG JA.<o:p></o:p>

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</div>POKU- ACHEAMPONG, JA<o:p></o:p>This is an appeal on the adequacy of
damages awarded the successful Plaintiff who was knocked down by a vehicle
driven by the Defendant who the Trial Judge had adjudged to be negligent in
operating his vehicle.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>FACTS OF THE CASE <o:p></o:p>The Plaintiff /Appellant then a 24 year
old unemployed university graduate resident at Sakaman, Dansoman was on 13th
September 2014 knocked down by a vehicle driven by the 3rd Defendant
while walking with her sister on the pedestrian walk way at the “Transformer”
section of Banana Inn station, Abolo Junction, Dansoman.<o:p></o:p>The vehicle a Nissan Versa Saloon Car
with registration number GX 4175 -14 veered off the road and crashed into the Plaintiff/Appellant
leaving her unconscious.<o:p></o:p>The Plaintiff/Appellant was admitted at
the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital with a fractured left thigh bone, fractured
right jaw bone, and loss of incisor teeth.<o:p></o:p>Plaintiff had to undergo surgery and a
metal was inserted into her thigh bone, and her teeth was twice wired.&nbsp; She had to undergo physiotherapy to enable
her walk.<o:p></o:p>A final medical examination conducted
on the Plaintiff assessed her deformity at 62% and incapacitation at 68%.<o:p></o:p>For the purposes of this judgment,
Plaintiff will simply be referred to as the Appellant and the Defendants as the
Respondents. <o:p></o:p>On 26th June the Appellant
caused a writ of summons to be issued claiming the following reliefs against
the Respondents:-<o:p></o:p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Damages
of one million Ghana Cedis (GH¢1,000,000.00) for loss of economic
opportunities.<o:p></o:p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Damages
of fifty Thousand Ghana cedis (GH¢50,000.00) being the cost of medical and
other related expenses i</main>