Benedicto Tuguhikirize V UEB (Civil Suit No. 51/93) [1993] UGHC 1 (4 June 1993)

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}{\b\ul\insrsid679607\charrsid13788685 The Hon. Mrs. Justice M. Kireju }{\b\insrsid679607\charrsid13788685 \line Judgment }{\b\insrsid3490851 \par }\pard \s15\ql \li0\ri0\sb100\sa240\sbauto1\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3490851 {\insrsid1920277 The plaintiff is}{\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 a minor }{\insrsid679607\charrsid3490851 suing}{ \i\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 }{\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 by his next friend Teddy Tumusime and is a resident of Kibaale County in }{\insrsid12061900\charrsid6954748 Kabarol}{\insrsid13788685 e }{\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 District. The plaintiff\rquote }{\insrsid12061900\charrsid6954748 s c}{\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 laim is for general damages for injuries he sustained on }{\insrsid679607\charrsid3490851 15/5/1992}{\i\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 , }{ \insrsid12061900\charrsid6954748 where}{\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 he }{\insrsid679607\charrsid3490851 was}{\i\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 }{\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 electrocuted accidentally after stepping on defendant\rquote s }{ \insrsid12061900\charrsid6954748 liv}{\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 e electricity transmission. }{\insrsid12061900\charrsid6954748 Lines}{\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 which were lying on tie ground after the transmission pole had fallen down. At }{ \insrsid12061900\charrsid6954748 t}{\insrsid3490851 he outset of the }{\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 hearing of this }{\insrsid12061900\charrsid6954748 suit, Mr. Kateera, the counsel }{\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 admitted liability t}{ \insrsid12061900\charrsid6954748 o}{\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 compensate the }{\insrsid12061900\charrsid6954748 plaintiff}{\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 and accordingly all that is left for me to decide is t}{\insrsid12061900\charrsid6954748 he am }{\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 ount of }{\insrsid3490851 damages }{\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 to which the plaintiff is entitled for the }{\insrsid12061900\charrsid6954748 personal}{\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 injuries he }{ \insrsid12061900\charrsid6954748 sustained}{\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 as a result of the }{\insrsid12061900\charrsid6954748 accident .}{\b\insrsid12061900\charrsid3490851 \par }\pard \s15\qj \li0\ri0\sb100\sa240\sbauto1\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6954748 {\insrsid3490851 Mr. Mugabi of M}{\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 /s Mugabi and }{\insrsid12061900\charrsid6954748 co.}{ \insrsid3490851 A}{\insrsid3490851\charrsid6954748 dvocates}{\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 represented the plaintiff in this case and }{\insrsid12061900\charrsid6954748 as already state}{\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 d, }{ \insrsid12061900\charrsid6954748 Mr. Katera}{\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 of }{\insrsid3490851 M}{\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 /s Hunt }{\insrsid679607\charrsid3490851 and}{\b\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 }{\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 Greig represented }{\insrsid12061900\charrsid6954748 the}{\insrsid3490851 }{\insrsid12061900\charrsid6954748 defendant}{\insrsid3490851 .}{\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 Both }{\insrsid12061900\charrsid3490851 parties}{\b\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 }{\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 did not call evidence but }{\insrsid12061900\charrsid6954748 relied}{\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 on the }{\insrsid12061900\charrsid6954748 Medical}{\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 report by Prof. J. G.}{\insrsid3490851 }{\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 Sekaburiga which }{\insrsid12061900\charrsid6954748 was admitted in evidence}{\insrsid13788685 . }{\insrsid13788685\charrsid6954748 According}{\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 to the medical report }{ \insrsid12061900\charrsid6954748 prepared by Prof. }{\insrsid3490851 J. G.}{\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 Sekabunga }{\insrsid12061900\charrsid6954748 surgeon}{\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 to Mulago }{\insrsid12061900\charrsid6954748 Hospital, }{ \insrsid13788685\charrsid6954748 the plaintiff}{\insrsid12061900\charrsid6954748 , }{\insrsid6836096\charrsid6954748 a boy aged 10 year stepped on loose electric wire }{\insrsid8731402 lying on the ground on 15/15/92, }{\insrsid6836096\charrsid6954748 he was }{\insrsid13788685\charrsid6954748 admitted}{\insrsid6836096\charrsid6954748 in virika }{\insrsid13788685\charrsid6954748 hospital}{\insrsid6836096\charrsid6954748 .}{\insrsid13788685 }{\insrsid13788685\charrsid6954748 On}{ \insrsid6836096\charrsid6954748 examination he was }{\insrsid13788685 unconscious}{\insrsid15814633\charrsid6954748 with}{\insrsid6836096\charrsid6954748 the extensive burn wounds on the fro nt and back of the chest and abdomen ,penis,scrotum and upper and lower }{\insrsid15814633\charrsid6954748 limb. he}{\insrsid6836096\charrsid6954748 was treated with analgesics to control the pain and anti }{\insrsid15814633\charrsid6954748 biotic}{ \insrsid6836096\charrsid6954748 to prevent }{\insrsid15814633\charrsid6954748 infection. after}{\insrsid6836096\charrsid6954748 one day he gained }{\insrsid15814633\charrsid6954748 conscious}{\insrsid6836096\charrsid6954748 ness .his progress was slow and he was discharged on 15/1/93,he was advised to attend physiotherapy exercises .when the doctor saw him on 5/5/93 he was still unable to go back to }{\insrsid15814633\charrsid6954748 school. }{ \insrsid13788685\charrsid6954748 The}{\insrsid68882\charrsid6954748 wounds on the chest and abdomen were healed but the wounds behind both knees were not }{\insrsid15814633\charrsid6954748 healed. }{\insrsid13788685\charrsid6954748 He}{ \insrsid68882\charrsid6954748 has limited movements of both knees and complained of }{\insrsid8731402 impotence,}{\insrsid15814633\charrsid6954748 his permanent }{\insrsid8731402 disability was assessed at 60%. I}{\insrsid15814633\charrsid6954748 accept the medical repot how ever it is not clear from the report whether the plaintiff was confirmed as being impotent as the report only says that the plaintiff wa s only complaining of impotence. I viewed the plaintiff in court and saw for my self the injuries complained about for the penis there is only a stump left it is possible that the plaintiff is impotent but the court would have been greatly assisted if the doctor made his own finding, confirming or denying what the plaintiff said especially considering the tender age. the plaintiff a young boy has been crippled by the injuries and the assessment of disability at 60%is not exaggerated in the circumstances.} {\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 \par Mr. Mugabi, in his submission said that the plaintiff }{\insrsid15814633\charrsid6954748 received}{\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 grave injuries as a }{\i\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 result }{\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 of the burns that be has got scars and stiffness i}{\insrsid3035844\charrsid6954748 n the legs which make him walk like}{\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 a robot. That there is possibility of further }{\insrsid3035844\charrsid6954748 treatment}{ \insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 as the knees have not yet healed. The plaintiff was }{\insrsid3035844\charrsid6954748 hospitalized}{\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 for 7 months and he suffered incalculable pain. He further submitted that the plaintiff will never marry or have }{\insrsid3035844\charrsid6954748 sexual}{\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 relations, nor have any children}{\insrsid8731402 as a result of the accident. H}{\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 e prayed for substantial a}{\insrsid3035844\charrsid6954748 ward of damages in order to compensate}{\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 the plaintiff. Counsel referred me to the case }{ \ul\insrsid3035844\charrsid6954748 Godfrey Kate}{\ul\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 regg}{\ul\insrsid8731402 a}{\ul\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 vs. Uganda}{\ul\insrsid3035844\charrsid6954748 Electricity bo}{\ul\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 ard HCCS 93(B) of 1989 unreported }{\insrsid3035844\charrsid6954748 where court awarded }{\insrsid12651321\charrsid6954748 Shs}{\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 . 15m, in}{\insrsid3035844\charrsid6954748 a}{\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 case where the disability was assessed at 30%. He also referred }{\insrsid3035844\charrsid8731402 me}{\i\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 }{\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 to the following cases }{\ul\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 Serverino Bamwei v. }{ \ul\insrsid8731402 attorne}{\ul\insrsid3035844\charrsid6954748 y}{\ul\insrsid8731402 }{\ul\insrsid3035844\charrsid6954748 General o}{\ul\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 f }{\ul\insrsid8731402\charrsid6954748 Uganda}{\ul\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 }{ \insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 HCCS No. 17/68 }{\insrsid3035844\charrsid6954748 reported in }{\insrsid8731402\charrsid6954748 Wilkinson\rquote s}{\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 Book on Quantum of }{\ul\insrsid3035844\charrsid6954748 Damages}{ \ul\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 3rd Ed Page }{\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 where the p1ainiff aged 29 years sustained irreparable }{\insrsid3035844\charrsid6954748 injury}{\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 to the bac}{\insrsid3035844\charrsid6954748 k and could no longer has sexual}{\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 }{\insrsid3035844\charrsid6954748 intercourse}{\insrsid12651321\charrsid6954748 and has to take }{\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 up sedentar}{\insrsid3035844\charrsid6954748 y occupation was awarded }{\insrsid12651321\charrsid6954748 Shs}{\insrsid3035844\charrsid6954748 . 95}{\insrsid8731402 ,000/= damages. }{\ul\insrsid3035844\charrsid6954748 Mut}{\ul\insrsid8731402 a}{\ul\insrsid3035844\charrsid6954748 bazi vs. a}{ \ul\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 ttorney General HCCS No. 348/(}{\ul\insrsid3035844\charrsid6954748 68 Wilkinson}{\ul\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 s Book on Quantum of Damages 3rd P.74 }{\insrsid3035844\charrsid6954748 . The}{\insrsid13788685 plaintiff in this case }{\insrsid3035844\charrsid6954748 sustained injury o}{\insrsid13788685 f}{\insrsid3035844\charrsid6954748 sacro }{\insrsid12651321\charrsid6954748 iliac joints}{\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 }{\insrsid3035844\charrsid6954748 between the trunk and penis, pain likely to increase and lack of}{\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 mobility, }{\insrsid3035844\charrsid6954748 only high work possible. Prevente}{\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 d from normal }{ \insrsid12651321\charrsid8731402 marital}{\insrsid12651321\charrsid6954748 relations}{\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 , ay improve a}{\insrsid3035844\charrsid6954748 nd be a}{\insrsid1920277 ble t}{\insrsid13788685 o}{\insrsid1920277 have intercourse 100,000/=}{\insrsid3035844\charrsid6954748 awarded as }{\insrsid12651321\charrsid6954748 general damages}{\insrsid3035844\charrsid6954748 . Counsel }{\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 argued that at}{\insrsid13201189\charrsid6954748 the time the awards awarded}{\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 \par }{\insrsid3035036\charrsid6954748 \par The dollar was }{\insrsid8731402 U}{\insrsid3035036\charrsid6954748 g.}{\insrsid8731402 }{\insrsid3035036\charrsid6954748 shs 7/= that if you multiply to the correct rate of shs. 1200/= to }{\insrsid13788685\charrsid6954748 a dollar}{ \insrsid3035036\charrsid6954748 the award would be 18m.he submitted that in those cases the plaintiffs were adults where }{\insrsid1920277\charrsid6954748 as in}{\insrsid14052735\charrsid6954748 this case the plaintiff is a young boy.}{\insrsid1920277 }{\insrsid8731402 N}{\insrsid14052735\charrsid6954748 timba v UEB SC Appeal 16/92 where the }{\insrsid13788685\charrsid6954748 disability}{\insrsid14052735\charrsid6954748 was }{\insrsid13788685\charrsid6954748 assessed}{ \insrsid14052735\charrsid6954748 at 80% the award was 29m/=}{\insrsid8731402 . HCCS No88/1990 Erisa M}{\insrsid14052735\charrsid6954748 usanari a sum of 20m was awarde}{\insrsid1920277 d}{\insrsid14052735\charrsid6954748 to a boy of 12years.}{ \insrsid3035036\charrsid6954748 \par }{\insrsid14052735\charrsid6954748 Counsel submitted that since this }{\insrsid3107619\charrsid6954748 was once}{\insrsid14052735\charrsid6954748 and for all award he prayed that that a sum of 25m be awarded to the }{\insrsid3107619\charrsid6954748 plaintiff together}{\insrsid14052735\charrsid6954748 with the interest from the date of filling the case and costs of the suit.}{\insrsid1920277 }{\insrsid1920277\charrsid6954748 Mr.}{\insrsid14052735\charrsid6954748 }{\insrsid1920277 Kate}{ \insrsid1920277\charrsid6954748 era}{\insrsid14052735\charrsid6954748 in his submission }{\insrsid3107619\charrsid6954748 admitted}{\insrsid14052735\charrsid6954748 that the injuries were severe but they did not call for the heavy damages the plaintiff counsel was praying for. \par }{\insrsid3107619\charrsid6954748 Referring}{\insrsid8731402 to the case of K}{\insrsid14052735\charrsid6954748 aterregga cited above counsel submitted that injuries in that case were more serious as the plaintiff had sustained head injury }{ \insrsid3107619\charrsid6954748 ruptured urethra and persistent head aches .counsel also referred to the case of Ntimba v UEB which he said was distinguishable because of the accident the plaintiff was confined to a wheel chair that his injuries were such that he could not feed or cloth himself or take himself to the toilet he needed someone to look after him for the rest of his life. Counsel submitted that the plaintiffs counsels submission that the plaintiff may have problems in }{\insrsid6954748\charrsid6954748 future and}{\insrsid3107619\charrsid6954748 that his pain is incalculable were baseless as they were not supported by the medical report. The allegation that the plaintiff was impotent was also not supported by the medical report. }{\insrsid14052735\charrsid6954748 \par }{\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 Counsel submitted that the prayer for exorbitant damages had no basis and he proposed an award of }{\insrsid3107619\charrsid6954748 Shs}{\insrsid12021610 1}{\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 2m. }{ \insrsid3107619\charrsid6954748 With}{\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 interest }{\insrsid679607\charrsid8731402 from}{\i\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 }{\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 the date of }{\insrsid3107619\charrsid6954748 judgment}{ \insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 . \line The award of general damages-is in the }{\insrsid3107619\charrsid6954748 discretion}{\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 of court after considering the facts of each }{\insrsid3107619\charrsid6954748 case, I have consi}{ \insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 dered the submissions by both counsel and the }{\insrsid3107619\charrsid6954748 medical}{\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 . }{\insrsid3107619\charrsid6954748 Report}{\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 and as I have already stated, I saw the injuries the plaintiff sustained when he appeared }{\insrsid679607\charrsid8731402 in}{\i\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 }{\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 court. I prefer to follow recent court decisions rather than trying to use the old ones by using the dollar }{\insrsid3107619\charrsid6954748 formula}{\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 . In my }{\insrsid6954748\charrsid6954748 opinion}{\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 the dollar can be used as a }{ \insrsid6954748\charrsid6954748 guide to show the rate of inflati}{\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 on but not to ju}{\insrsid6954748\charrsid6954748 st convert the dollar to a shilling}{\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 without other considerations. The young boy of almost 12 years s}{\insrsid9122378 ustained severe injuries}{\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 which have left him with terrible scars he was unconscious r one day. }{\insrsid6954748\charrsid6954748 Although}{ \insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 }{\insrsid6954748\charrsid6954748 impotence was not conclu}{\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 sively proved, it i}{\insrsid6954748\charrsid6954748 s more likely that h is impotent }{\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 as his penis was almost burnt }{\insrsid6954748\charrsid6954748 off, his}{\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 knees are stiff, he cannot walk properly and they were not yet hea3ed, he was }{\insrsid6954748\charrsid6954748 hospitalized}{ \insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 for more than }{\insrsid6954748\charrsid6954748 7 months and suffered a lot}{\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 pain, his permanent disability has been assessed at 60% which }{\insrsid679607\charrsid9122378 I}{ \b\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 }{\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 think }{\insrsid6954748\charrsid6954748 is}{\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 high and. serious. Taking all the above into consideration I award the plaintiff }{ \insrsid6954748\charrsid6954748 general}{\insrsid9122378 damages for pain, }{\insrsid6954748\charrsid6954748 suffering}{\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 and loss of amenities in the sum of }{\insrsid6954748\charrsid6954748 Shs}{ \insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 . }{\insrsid6954748\charrsid6954748 16,000,000/= (sixteen million }{\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 shil}{\insrsid8731402 lings) with interest at court}{\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 rate from }{ \insrsid679607\charrsid8731402 the}{\b\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 }{\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 date of }{\insrsid6954748\charrsid6954748 judgment}{\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 until }{\insrsid6954748\charrsid6954748 payment in full, }{ \insrsid13788685\charrsid6954748 the}{\insrsid6954748\charrsid6954748 plaintiff}{\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 is al}{\insrsid6954748\charrsid6954748 so awarded costs of this suit. \par M. KIREJU \par JUDGE \par 4/6/93}{\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 \par }\pard\plain \qj \li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6954748 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\insrsid679607\charrsid6954748 \par }}