EBENEZER AYENSU vs. MR DAVID ASAMOAH BOADI [2022]DLCA15134

Date	2022-07-07
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO H1/206/2021
Citation No.	[2022]DLCA15134

SUURBAAREH J. A (PRESIDING)

M. WOOD (MRS) J.A

BARTELS-KODWO (MRS) J.A

Joseph Aryitey for Plaintiff/Appellant

Seyram Darbi for Defendants/Respondents

[2022]DLCA15134
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >EBENEZER AYENSU<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>MR DAVID ASAMOAH BOADI<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS/ RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL, 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: 0in 0in 1pt;">

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APPEAL NO H1/206/2021 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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: &nbsp;7TH JULY,
2022<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL<o:p></o:p>Joseph
Aryitey for Plaintiff/Appellant<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: 0in 0in 1pt;">

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</div>CORAM:
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<o:p></o:p>SUURBAAREH J. A (PRESIDING), M. WOOD (MRS) J.A, BARTELS-KODWO (MRS)
J.A<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 0in;">

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</div>&nbsp;MERLEY WOOD, JA<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The Plaintiff/Appellant, an
electrician, was recruited from Ghana with nine others to work in Liberia at the
expense of the contractor Neutral Link Engineering (NLE) for a year from 1st
August 2012 to 31st July 2013 to check illegal electrical
connections on meters. The Plaintiff avers that he fractured his left femur
whilst at work on 19th February 2013 and thus had surgery on it and another
surgery on 3rd July 2013 at the John F. Kennedy Center (JFK) where a
plate and screws were implanted in the said thigh when it broke again.
Consequent upon his injury, he was unable to walk, so he was kept in the house
rented for all the artisans by his employer. His monthly salary of Four Hundred
Dollars ($400) was reduced to Three Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($350) by his
employer when he got injured and could no longer work and he even had to employ
a caregiver whom he paid One Hundred Dollars ($100) for a fortnight. The
Plaintiff’s case is that the Defendants not only kept his passport but
abandoned him and refused to have the implants which had to be removed within a
specific time taken out. According to him, upon the outbreak of Ebola, the
Defendants failed, refused or neglected to ensure his safety and repatriation
to Ghana in accordance with the terms of the contract. <o:p></o:p>Accordingly, the Plaintiff/Appellant by
his Writ of Summons and Statement of Claim filed on 13th April 2016
claimed as follows:<o:p></o:p>1.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
“An
order to Defendants to take care of Plaintiff’s medical treatment following his
engagement by Defendants to work in Liberia in the course of which he broke his
thigh which now has a metal implanted which is overdue for removal.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;2.