DR. EKOW SPIO – GARBRAH vs. BERNARD ANTWI BOASIAKO AND WONTUMI MULTIMEDIA [2022]DLHC11603

Date	2022-07-28
Suit No.	SUIT NO. HRC 12/21
Citation No.	[2022]DLHC11603

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE GEORGE KROFA ADDAE

NII KPAKPO SAMOA ADDO FOR THE PLAINTIFF

KWAME ADOM APPIAH FOR THE DEFENDANTS

[2022]DLHC11603
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >DR. EKOW SPIO – GARBRAH<o:p></o:p>(PLANTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>BERNARD ANTWI BOASIAKO AND WONTUMI MULTIMEDIA<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT,
KUMASI]<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;">

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>NII KPAKPO SAMOA ADDO FOR THE PLAINTIFF <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; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: -2.3pt;">

KWAME ADOM APPIAH
FOR THE DEFENDANTS<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE GEORGE KROFA ADDAE<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; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 39.9pt;">

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:4.4pt;text-align:center;
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mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>In a
writ of summons dated 17th September 2020, the Plaintiff claimed the following
reliefs from the Defendants;<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-top:4.4pt;margin-right:4.75pt;
margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;
text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:105%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1">a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
General damages against the
Defendants for defamatory comments against the Plaintiff.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:4.4pt;margin-right:4.75pt;
margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;
text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:105%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1">b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Aggravated damages against
the Defendants for subjecting the Plaintiff
to humiliating and malicious circumstances through his defamatory comment
against the Plaintiff.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:4.4pt;margin-right:4.75pt;
margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;
text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:105%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1">c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Punitive damages against the
Defendants as punishment for the defamatory comments against the Plaintiff<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:4.4pt;margin-right:4.75pt;
margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;
text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:105%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1">d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Compensatory damages against
the Defendants for the defamatory comments against the Plaintiff.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:4.4pt;margin-right:4.75pt;
margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;
text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:105%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1">e)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Costs including legal fees<o:p></o:p>