<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><u>JUDGEMENT</u></strong></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>KORANTENG-ADDOW J. </strong></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The plaintiff claims damages for personal injuries sustained in the course of his work and loss of earnings. The claim is based on allegations of common law negligence and breach of statutory duty.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The plaintiff was a mason employed by the Volta Aluminium Co., Ltd. He is a man aged 36 years old. The defendants are smelters carrying on business at a factory at Tema. On 1 December 1972, the plaintiff was detailed to do some masonry work at a furnace room in the factory. He was to remove some cracked burnt bricks from an existing wall and replace them with new whole bricks. On the wall where the plaintiff had to do the work was a metal sheet measuring twelve feet by sixteen feet. It was a heavy iron corrugated beam which was fastened to the wall and held by iron bolts. The plaintiff was attached to the utility maintenance section of the factory. Other employees from the metal service department were charged with the duty of removing the metal sheet from the wal…</p>