THOMAS YANKSON vs. MEARSK LINE GHANA LTD []DLSC2982

Date
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. H1/117/2010
Citation No.	[]DLSC2982

JUSTICE MRS HENRIETTA ABBAN JA [PRESIDING]

JUSTICE R K APALOO JA

JUSTICE DENNIS D ADJEI JA

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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >THOMAS YANKSON<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>MEARSK LINE GHANA LTD<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;[COURT OF APPEAL, CAPE
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CIVIL
APPEAL NO. H1/117<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;
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</div>COUNSEL:&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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JUSTICE
MRS HENRIETTA ABBAN JA [PRESIDING], JUSTICE R K APALOO JA AND JUSTICE DENNIS D
ADJEI JA<o:p></o:p>

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JUDGEMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>DENNIS
D ADJEI JA<o:p></o:p>This
is an appeal against the judgment of the High Court Sekondi dated 24th
March 2009.&nbsp; Dissatisfied with the said judgment
of the High Court the Appellant filed the instant appeal to the Court of
Appeal.&nbsp;&nbsp; The grounds of appeal are;<o:p></o:p>a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;The
judgment is against the weight of evidence.<o:p></o:p>b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The learned trial judge erred in awarding
damages over and above what the Plaintiff was claiming.<o:p></o:p>c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The learned trial judge having made a finding
of fact that the plaintiff had not proved special damages erred in awarding
general damages which subsumed the special damages.<o:p></o:p>d.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The learned trial judge erred in awarding
excessive damages.<o:p></o:p>e.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The learned judge did not exercise his
discretion to award general damages judicially.<o:p></o:p>f.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The costs awarded were excessive.<o:p></o:p>The
Appellant by its written submission of case filed on 23rd March 2010
stated that the appeal is in a very small compass and was limited to quantum of
damages awarded and was abandoning grounds a, b, e and f of the appeal.&nbsp; Presently there are only two grounds of
appeal to be determined in this appeal and they are grounds ‘c’ and ‘d’.&nbsp; The facts of this case are as follows:&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>The
Plaintiff/Respondent would hereinafter be referred to as the plaintiff and the
Defendant/ Appellant as the Defendant.&nbsp;
The Plaintiff per his writ of summons claimed against the Defendant; <o:p></o:p><!--[if </main>