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– –<\/span> On June 24, 2021, the School allegedly served a 5-year-old Banku (a local food) he was allergic to.<\/p>\n The plaintiff, represented by Charles Kofi Kwadam, is asking GHC150,000 for the Minor\u2019s shock, illness, and inconvenience.<\/p>\n The plaintiff is also suing the School for placing the Minor\u2019s life at danger despite knowing about his health condition (Corn or maize allergies).<\/p>\n – –<\/span> The plaintiff also seeks GHC 1,634 in special damages for the minor\u2019s medical care.<\/p>\n The court heard that the Minor started school on May 4, 2021.<\/p>\n – –<\/span> In a claim, the Minor\u2019s mother alleged he told the School about his allergies.<\/p>\n On the admission form, the mother reported the child had allergic rhinitis, corn, and peanut allergies.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cBefore June 24, 2021, the defendant school gave the plaintiff other food when Banku was offered for lunch.<\/p>\n \u201cInstead of offering the plaintiff an alternate food for lunch on June 24, 2021, the defendant offered him banku,\u201d the statement of claim claimed.<\/p>\n The court heard that because the Minor was hungry by noon, he ate roughly six morsels of banku before the lunchtime attendant changed it to spaghetti.<\/p>\n After school, the minor fell asleep and woke up at 7 pm vomiting severely.<\/p>\n \u201cPlaintiff vomited 7 times between 7pm and 11pm,\u201d the claim read.<\/p>\n The court heard he spent days in two hospitals.<\/p>\n The vomiting reportedly left him weak and dehydrated.<\/p>\n Emotionally and mentally, he suffered.<\/p>\n The school\u2019s administrator and teacher were told about his suffering and agreed \u201cnot to repeat that error.\u201d<\/p>\n The Plaintiff claimed the School did nothing to minimize the harm it caused him or compensate him for physical pain, anguish, and grief.<\/p>\n In its defense, the School refuted some plaintiff claims.<\/p>\n The defendant asserted that since the plaintiff\u2019s admission to the School, its personnel have followed her (plaintiff\u2019s) mother\u2019s directions and have never failed to comply with \u201chis allergies.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201c\u2026On the day in question, none of our officers gave the plaintiff banku instead of a non-allergic dish.\u201d<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n The defendant argued the plaintiff took snacks to school on June 24, 2021, and ate them before lunch at 11:00 am, so he couldn\u2019t have been hungry at lunchtime.<\/p>\n The School said the Minor ate spaghetti in sauce for lunch.<\/p>\n The defendant asserted the minor ate her home-brought snacks after lunch and showed no signs of sickness, weakness, or adverse reaction at school.<\/p>\n The School argued that any substance in the Minor\u2019s vomit could have been chewed material and that it did not \u201cprovide or provide banku\u201d to the Minor.<\/p>\n According to the defendant, the Minor\u2019s family made false and unfounded allegations against the School, which was unreasonable. The defendant denied all of the Minor\u2019s claims, maintaining that he had none.<\/p>\n The case has been delayed until July 15, 2022.<\/p>\n – –<\/span> – – Accra\u2019s Gracefield School Limited has been sued for carelessness. On June 24, 2021, the School allegedly served a 5-year-old Banku (a local food) he was allergic to. The plaintiff, represented by Charles Kofi Kwadam, is asking GHC150,000 for the Minor\u2019s shock, illness, and inconvenience. The plaintiff is also suing the School for placing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1114668,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[16717,574,2244,64,1199,2320,6189,4999,16718,7829,12955,5789,753],"class_list":["post-1114666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-allergic","tag-banku","tag-compensation","tag-court","tag-demands","tag-drags","tag-feeding","tag-gh150000","tag-gracefield","tag-kid","tag-okro","tag-parent","tag-school"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1114666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1114666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1114666\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1114666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1114666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1114666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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