Plaintiff awarded GHC73,000 a year after his death

A Plaintiff in a case against Ecobank Ghana Limited at an Accra High Court has been honored with a court judgment in his favor but unfortunately he is not alive to enjoy the proceeds of his suit.

Salia Adams of Selemok Ghana Limited sued Ecobank for unauthorized transactions that occurred in its account through online banking.

Represented by Lawyer Lamtiig Apanga, Salemok Ghana Limited led by its MD Salia Adams filed a suit alleging that the bank transferred money from its account between 22, 2014 and about December 24, 2014 an amount of 8000 dollars without its authorization.

Though the suit was filed in 2014, the case was in court for about 4years till the plaintiff was asked to testify in 2018. Unfortunately, Salia Adams passed on few weeks after testifying in the case.

Exactly a year upon the death of Mr Salia, an Accra High Court in charge of the said case ordered the bank; Ecobank to pay the plaintiff the sum of approximately GHc73,000 being the refund of $5,000, interest on the said amount from December 2014 to date of final payment, GHc10,000 as Damages Damages for negligence and cost of GHc8,000.

The judgment was on June 26th 2019 exactly a year since Salia Adams of Salemok Ghana Limited died.

The court, presided over by His Lordship Justice Ackaah-Boafo on reading the findings of fact and evaluation said, “the end result is that I find the bank to have been negligent in making the transfer of funds without notification to the plaintiff.”

He therefore concluded that based on the evidence presented to the court, the plaintiff be granted its reliefs as endorsed on the writ of summons and also awarded an amount of GHC10, 000 as damages for negligence.

An additional amount of GHC 8000 was awarded the plaintiff for his ability to provide evidence to prove his claim.