LUCY BOSSO vs. EBENEZER AKRONG, SAMUEL A. SOWAH, CPL NLIBI BAADAH, GHANA ARMED FORCES AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL [2020]DLHC8806

LUCY BOSSO vs. EBENEZER AKRONG, SAMUEL A. SOWAH, CPL NLIBI BAADAH, GHANA ARMED... [2020]DLHC8806

Date	2020-05-21
Suit No.	SUIT NO. GJ/841/2017
Citation No.	[2020]DLHC8806

HIS LORDSHIP ERIC KYEI BAFFOUR ESQ

[2020]DLHC8806
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >LUCY BOSSO<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>EBENEZER AKRONG, SAMUEL A. SOWAH, CPL
NLIBI BAADAH, GHANA ARMED FORCES AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT, 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. GJ/841/2017&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: 21ST MAY, 2020<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>HIS LORDSHIP, ERIC KYEI
BAFFOUR, ESQ<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:150%;
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</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Plaintiff, an abled body middle age woman, whose right
leg has now been amputated due to crush injuries sustained as a result of an
accident that occurred on the 14th of April, 2007 when a vehicle
Nissan bus with registration number GR 9204 X for which she was a fee paying
passenger collided and driven by 1st Defendant with Armed Forces vehicle
with registration number 33 GA 85 driven by 3rd Defendant just
before the Jubilee House, on an intersection on the Liberation Road, where the
Naval Guardroom road joins the main road. Having been in hospital for so long
thereby making the statutory period within which such an action in negligence
ought to be brought, she sought leave which was granted for this action to be
instituted wherein she claims the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><ol style="margin-top:0cm" start="1" type="1">
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;mso-list:l19 level1 lfo35">The Plaintiff claims against the Defendants loss
 of earnings, general and special damages for the injuries the Plaintiff
 sustained and suffered as a result of the 1st and 3rd
 Defendants’ negligence resulting in their vehicles colliding.<o:p></o:p></li>
</ol><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><ol style="margin-top:0cm" start="2" type="1">
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;mso-list:l19 level1 lfo35">Damages for psychological trauma.<o:p></o:p></li>
</ol><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><ol style="margin-top:0cm" start="3" type="1">
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;mso-list:l19 level1 lfo35">Cost including legal fees.<o:p></o:p></li>
</ol><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>1st and 2nd Defendants deny the
charge of negligence against them insisting that 1st Defendant never
drove negligently and was not responsible or the cause for the accident that
occurred leading to the amputation of the leg of the Plaintiff. That 1st
Defendant drove in his designated lane when 3rd Defendant suddenly
entered the road without observing traffic leading to the collision and hence
could not be responsible for the accident. That it was 3rd Defendant
that drove recklessly and negligently on the lane for vehicles travelling opposite
to him and crashed head on with the vehicle of 1st Defendant, with
no chance of 1st Defendant swerving and saving Plaintiff. <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>That Plaintiff is aware of how the accident happened
but had joined 1st and 2nd Defendants to the suit and
there was no basis for any suit against the first two Defendants with 3rd
Defendant having driven so recklessly. Accordingly, the 1st and 2nd
Defendants by way of counter claim sought the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Declaration that the
1st and 2nd Defendants breached no duty of care towards
the Plaintiff.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">ii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Declaration that the
claims against the 1st and 2nd Defendants are
unmeritorious and vexatious and ought to be dismissed and costs awarded against
Plaintiff.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">iii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nb</main>