AMIRU SANUSI, JCA (Delivering the leading Judgment): At the High Court of Justice Delta State (the lower court for short), the respondent herein as plaintiff at the lower court filed under Undefended List, a claim of five hundred and three thousand fifteen Naira only (N503, 015.00) with interest thereon against the defendant now appellant. The subject of the claim was the alleged breach of contractual agreement between the two parties by the defendant/appellant for its failure or refusal to settle medical charges on treatment rendered on the two staff of the appellant company when they got involved in motor accident and were rushed to the plaintiff hospital and were admitted and treated at the respondent hospital even though one of the two patients by name Ebenezer Omene passed on while on admission and the other patient Daniel Majekodunmi recovered and was later discharged from the hospital.
On receipt of the court processes filed under the Undefended List, the appellant indicated it…