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AKUA ODAI
V.
LUIS DENTEH AND ANOTHER

(2018) JELR 64446 (HC)

High Court 9 Apr 2018 Ghana
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- The Plaintiff, the sole administratrix of her deceased brother's estate, claimed that her brother's death in a car accident was due to the negligence of the 1st Defendant, the driver of the vehicle. - The Plaintiff sought various reliefs

Case Details

Suit Number:SUIT NO. GJ/1228/2017
Judges:ERIC K. BAFFOUR ESQ. JUSTICE OF THE HIGH COURT
Counsel:CLEMENT SAMBO FOR ALEXANDER ADJEI FOR PLAINTIFF

BAFFOUR, J.

The Plaintiff being the sole administratrix of the estate of her deceased brother took out the writ claiming the following reliefs:

i. A declaration that the accident on 13th of May, 2017 that resulted in the death of James Amponsah was as a result of the negligence of the 1st Defendant

ii. An order for the Defendant to pay to the Plaintiff the sum of Gh¢800.00 per week for twenty (25) [sic] years beginning from the first day of the accident being income the deceased James Amponsah would have earned had it not been the accident resulting from the negligence of 1st Defendant.

iii. An order for the Defendants to pay to the Plaintiff general damages for the loss of dependency children [sic] left behind by the deceased James Amponsah as a result of the accident.

iv. An order for the Defendants to pay to the Plaintiff the sum of Gh¢23,000.00 for hospital and funeral expenses incurred in the burial of James Amponsah (deceased).

v. Interest on items (ii), (iii) and (iv) above from the …

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