BERTHA KWARTENG
V.
ORANS LIFE COMPANY LIMITED

(2025) JELR 114265 (SC)

Supreme Court 19 Mar 2025 Ghana
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- Plaintiff, a seamstress, sustained serious injuries when struck on a pedestrian pavement by a tipper truck driven by Defendant’s employee, leading to permanent incapacity assessed at 45%. - At trial, the High Court found no negligence on

Case Details

Suit Number:J4/56/2024
Judges:LOVELACE-JOHNSON (MS.) JSC (PRESIDING), PROF. MENSA-BONSU (MRS.) JSC, ASIEDU JSC, GAEWU JSC, ADJEI-FRIMPONG JSC
Counsel:VIVIAN MFODWAA GYAN ESQ. FOR THE PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT/ RESPONDENT WITH MANDY EWURABENA ABAKA ESQ. MATTHEW APPIAH ESQ. FOR THE DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT/APPELLANT WITH JOSEPH BONDZI AFRIFA ESQ.

JUDGMENT

ASIEDU, JSC:

[1]        INTRODUCTION:

My lords, this is an appeal against a judgment of the Court of Appeal, Kumasi, dated the 23 November, 2023. In the said judgment, the Court of Appeal reversed a judgment of the trial High Court which had been delivered in favour of the Defendant.

In this judgment, the parties shall retain their respective designations as from the trial High Court. That is, the Defendant/Respondent/Appellant shall herein be referred to as the Defendant, and the Plaintiff/Appellant/Respondent shall be referred to as the Plaintiff.

[2]        GROUNDS OF APPEAL:

The grounds of appeal formulated in the Notice of Appeal filed on the 18 December, 2018, are that:

a.      The judgment is against the weight of evidence.

b.      The Court of Appeal erred when it relied on documents termed as EXHIBITS “A” and “B” in arriving at their decision/judgment when same did not form part of the Record of Appeal.

c.       The Court of Appeal further erred in its assessment of the gener…

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