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RAANAN FISH FEED WEST AFRICA

(2016) JELR 67697 (CA)

Court of Appeal 25 Feb 2016 Ghana
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- This case involves an interlocutory appeal against the ruling of a High Court in Accra. - The plaintiff is claiming damages and compensation for loss suffered due to contaminated fish oil sold by the defendant. - The defendant argues that

Case Details

Suit Number:SUIT NO: H1/108/2015
Judges:F. KUSI-APPIAH J.A (PRESIDING), K. A. ACQUAYE J.A., S. DZAMEFE J.A
Counsel:MR. PRINCE KWEKU HODO FOR THE DEFENDANT/APPELLANT ,MR. MIRACLE ATTACHEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT

JUDGMENT

K. A. ACQUAYE, J.A.

This is the judgment in respect of an interlocutory appeal filed against the ruling of a High Court in Accra which dismissed an application by the defendant/appellant to expunge part of the evidence led by the plaintiff/respondent from the record.

The plaintiff/respondent issued a writ of summons claiming against the defendant/appellant special and general damages and compensation in the sum of US$187,500 or its equivalent in Ghana Cedis for direct loss and damage suffered by the plaintiff as a result of contaminated fish oil sold it by the defendant.

The plaintiff/respondent’s case was that she purchased fish oil from the defendant/appellant which she used to coat fish meal for sale to fish farmers but the fish oil was contaminated with anizidine more than six times its normal level as a result of which the fishes fed with the meal died. This led to the plaintiff/respondent withdrawing the rest of the fish feed from the market and compensating the fish farmer…

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