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| A.D.C Airlines v Sannoh LRSC 11; 39 LLR 431 (1999) (22 January 1999) | 1999, Aviation Law, Civil Procedure Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | 1999 Opinions, announcement of appeal, Appeal bond, Appellate Practice, aviation law, Bare Denial, Bill of Exceptions, breach of contract, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure, completion of appeal, contempt of court, damages for breach of contract, Default Judgment, dismissal of appeal, excessive verdict, general damages, Jurisdiction, Jury Verdict, modification of judgment, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, Notice of Completion of Appeal, refusal to accept court process, remittitur, Sixth Judicial Circuit, special damages, Supreme Court of Liberia, waiver of appeal | a-d-c-airlines-v-sannoh-lrsc-11l-39-llr-431-1999-22-january-1999 | 1999-opinions announcement-of-appeal appeal-bond appellate-practice aviation-law bare-denial bill-of-exceptions breach-of-contract civil-law-court civil-procedure completion-of-appeal contempt-of-court damages-for-breach-of-contract default-judgment dismissal-of-appeal excessive-verdict general-damages jurisdiction jury-verdict modification-of-judgment montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal notice-of-completion-of-appeal refusal-to-accept-court-process remittitur sixth-judicial-circuit special-damages supreme-court-of-liberia waiver-of-appeal | 1999-1 aviation-law civil-procedure-law-cases private-wrongs-law-cases supreme-court | |
| A.D.C. Airlines v Sannoh LRSC 11; 38 LLR 615 (1998) | Civil Procedure Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | 1998 Opinions, Appeal bond, appellate procedure, breach of contract, Civil Procedure, damages, Default Judgment, discretionary dismissal, imperfect judgment, Jurisdiction, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, Notice of Completion of Appeal, perfection of appeal, procedural technicality, Service of Process, Supreme Court of Liberia | a-d-c-airlines-v-sannoh-lrsc-11-38-llr-615-1998 | 1998-opinions appeal-bond appellate-procedure breach-of-contract civil-procedure damages default-judgment discretionary-dismissal imperfect-judgment jurisdiction montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal notice-of-completion-of-appeal perfection-of-appeal procedural-technicality service-of-process supreme-court-of-liberia | civil-procedure-law-cases private-wrongs-law-cases supreme-court | |
| A.D.C. Airlines v Sannoh LRSC 11; 38 LLR 615 (1998) | 1998, Banking Law, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | 1998 Opinions, accrual of cause of action, Appellate Review, Banking Law, breach of deposit contract, civil law, Commercial Law, conversion, correspondence, costs assessed, currency denomination, Damages for Wrong, deposit account, disposition of law issues, last transaction rule, Liberian dollar account, mandate, Montserrado County, mutual open and current account, notice, reciprocal demands, remand, retrial ordered, Reversal, Sixth Judicial Circuit, Statute of Limitations, Supreme Court of Liberia, time bar, United States dollar account, written demand, wrongful withholding | a-d-c-airlines-v-sannoh-lrsc-11-38-llr-615-1998 knuckles-v-tradevco | 1998-opinions accrual-of-cause-of-action appellate-review banking-law breach-of-deposit-contract civil-law commercial-law conversion correspondence costs-assessed currency-denomination damages-for-wrong deposit-account disposition-of-law-issues last-transaction-rule liberian-dollar-account mandate montserrado-county mutual-open-and-current-account notice reciprocal-demands remand retrial-ordered reversal sixth-judicial-circuit statute-of-limitations supreme-court-of-liberia time-bar united-states-dollar-account written-demand wrongful-withholding | 1998-1 banking-law civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases private-wrongs-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Access Bank Liberia (Limited) v. Wael Gharzerddine (2024) | 2024, Banking Law, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Corporate Law, Evidence Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | 2024 Opinions, Accessbank (Liberia) Limited, action of damages, Appellate Review, ArcelorMittal, Auto Elegance, Banking Law, breach of contract, Commercial Court of Liberia, Commercial Law, Contract Law, corporate succession, Costs, credibility of witnesses, Cross-examination inconsistency, Damages for Wrong, documentary evidence, general damages, implied admission, legal capacity to sue, lost profits, mandate, mitigation, modification of judgment, Monrovia, Montserrado County, non-retroactivity, one-judge jurisdiction, preponderance of evidence, proof of special damages, punitive damages, shareholder rights, sole proprietorship, special damages, Standing, statutory threshold, subject matter jurisdiction, subpoena, Supreme Court of Liberia, three-judge panel, Tort Law, Wael Gharzeddine | access-bank-liberia-limited-v-wael-gharzerddine-2024 | 2024-opinions accessbank-liberia-limited action-of-damages appellate-review arcelormittal auto-elegance banking-law breach-of-contract commercial-court-of-liberia commercial-law contract-law corporate-succession costs credibility-of-witnesses cross-examination-inconsistency damages-for-wrong documentary-evidence general-damages implied-admission legal-capacity-to-sue lost-profits mandate mitigation modification-of-judgment monrovia montserrado-county non-retroactivity one-judge-jurisdiction preponderance-of-evidence proof-of-special-damages punitive-damages shareholder-rights sole-proprietorship special-damages standing statutory-threshold subject-matter-jurisdiction subpoena supreme-court-of-liberia three-judge-panel tort-law wael-gharzeddine | 2024-1 banking-law civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases corporate-law-case evidence-law private-wrongs-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Bloyougar et. al. vs. The Intestate Estate of Kollie (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts, Property Law | 2024 Opinions, adjoining landowners, administrator, Administrator’s Deed, Appellate Review, arbitration, arbitration agreement, arbitration survey, Bill of Exceptions, Bill of information, board of arbitration, civil law, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure Law, Costs Against Appellant, damages claim, deed description, deed plotting, disputed signature, Ejectment, encroachment, enforcement of arbitration award, Estate Administration, eviction, fraud allegation, Intestate Estate, Investigative Survey, Land Dispute, Liberia Land Authority, mandate to lower court, metes and bounds, Montserrado County, notice of assignment, Older Title, Paynesville City, priority of title, property ownership, public land sale deed, Real Property, restitution of possession, Samuel Kanyon Doe Boulevard, Section 64.11(2), service of notice, SKD Boulevard Community, Supreme Court of Liberia, survey notice, thirty-day statutory period, title deed, vacating arbitration award, Waiver, warranty deed, wrongful withholding | bloyougar-et-al-vs-the-intestate-estate-of-kollie-2024 seluminee-bloyougar-et-al-vs-the-intestate-estate-of-kollie-2024 | 2024-opinions adjoining-landowners administrator administrators-deed appellate-review arbitration arbitration-agreement arbitration-survey bill-of-exceptions bill-of-information board-of-arbitration civil-law civil-law-court civil-procedure-law costs-against-appellant damages-claim deed-description deed-plotting disputed-signature ejectment encroachment enforcement-of-arbitration-award estate-administration eviction fraud-allegation intestate-estate investigative-survey land-dispute liberia-land-authority mandate-to-lower-court metes-and-bounds montserrado-county notice-of-assignment older-title paynesville-city priority-of-title property-ownership public-land-sale-deed real-property restitution-of-possession samuel-kanyon-doe-boulevard section-64-112 service-of-notice skd-boulevard-community supreme-court-of-liberia survey-notice thirty-day-statutory-period title-deed vacating-arbitration-award waiver warranty-deed wrongful-withholding | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases private-wrongs-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Brown V. Brown 1LLR 1 LRSC1 (1861) | 1861, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Evidence Law, Judiciary Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | 1861 Opinions, Appeal, Civil Procedure, confirmation of lower court judgment, consequential damages, Court of Quarter Sessions and Common Pleas, Due Process, evidentiary standards, judicial authority, Jurisdiction, liability of magistrates, magistrate immunity, proof of injury, Sinoe County, Statutory interpretation, Supreme Court of Liberia, trespass on the case, wrongful warrant | brown-v-brown-1llr-1-lrsc1-1861 | 1861-opinions appeal civil-procedure confirmation-of-lower-court-judgment consequential-damages court-of-quarter-sessions-and-common-pleas due-process evidentiary-standards judicial-authority jurisdiction liability-of-magistrates magistrate-immunity proof-of-injury sinoe-county statutory-interpretation supreme-court-of-liberia trespass-on-the-case wrongful-warrant | 1861-1 civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases evidence-law judiciary-law private-wrongs-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Byoung et al v. Government of Liberia (2019) | 2019, Civil Procedure Law, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | 2019 Opinions, administrative investigation, administrative investigation report, Appellate Review, burden of proof, City King Hotel, civil law, Civil Procedure Law, confiscation of money, constitutional law, counterfeit currency allegation, Damages for Wrong, David A.B. Jallah Committee, defamation, Due Process, evidentiary burden, findings of fact and conclusions of law, government liability, international investors, judgment during trial, Judicial Review, Montserrado County, motion for judgment during trial, National Security Agency (NSA), preponderance of evidence, presidential directive, principal-agent liability, rebuttable presumption, remand for new trial, Section 26.2, Section 26.2 Civil Procedure Law, seizure of property, shifting burden of production, Supreme Court of Liberia, Tort Law, unlawful arrest, unlawful detention, vicarious liability | byoung-et-al-v-government-of-liberia-2019 | 2019-opinions administrative-investigation administrative-investigation-report appellate-review burden-of-proof city-king-hotel civil-law civil-procedure-law confiscation-of-money constitutional-law counterfeit-currency-allegation damages-for-wrong david-a-b-jallah-committee defamation due-process evidentiary-burden findings-of-fact-and-conclusions-of-law government-liability international-investors judgment-during-trial judicial-review montserrado-county motion-for-judgment-during-trial national-security-agency-nsa preponderance-of-evidence presidential-directive principal-agent-liability rebuttable-presumption remand-for-new-trial section-26-2 section-26-2-civil-procedure-law seizure-of-property shifting-burden-of-production supreme-court-of-liberia tort-law unlawful-arrest unlawful-detention vicarious-liability | 2019-1 civil-procedure-law-cases criminal-law-cases evidence-law private-wrongs-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Consolidated Group, Inc. v. SATCON Communication Services et al (2025) | 2025, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Corporate Law, Evidence Law, Intellectual Property Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | 2025 Opinions, Agency Authority, beIN Sports, Broadcasting, Commercial Law, Content Rights, damages, DStv, English Premier League, Injunction, intellectual property, La Liga, Liberia Supreme Court, Liberia Telecommunication Authority, MultiChoice, Piracy, Representative Agreement, Standing to Sue, SuperSport, Telecommunications | consolidated-group inc-v-satcon-communication-services-et-al-2025 | 2025-opinions agency-authority bein-sports broadcasting commercial-law content-rights damages dstv english-premier-league injunction intellectual-property la-liga liberia-supreme-court liberia-telecommunication-authority multichoice piracy representative-agreement standing-to-sue supersport telecommunications | 2025-1 commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases corporate-law-case evidence-law intellectual-property-law private-wrongs-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Dennis V. Bowser 1 LLR 5; LRSC 3 (1861) | 1861, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Evidence Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | 1861 Opinions, abuse of constitutional liberty, Appeal, burden of proof, Civil Procedure, constitutional rights, Court of Quarter Sessions and Common Pleas, defamation, Due Process, evidentiary standards, free speech, general damages, hearsay evidence, malice, Montserrado County, opinion versus fact, per quod pleading, reversal of lower court judgment, slander, special damages, Supreme Court of Liberia | dennis-v-bowser-1-llr-5-lrsc-3-1861 | 1861-opinions abuse-of-constitutional-liberty appeal burden-of-proof civil-procedure constitutional-rights court-of-quarter-sessions-and-common-pleas defamation due-process evidentiary-standards free-speech general-damages hearsay-evidence malice montserrado-county opinion-versus-fact per-quod-pleading reversal-of-lower-court-judgment slander special-damages supreme-court-of-liberia | 1861-1 civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases evidence-law private-wrongs-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Derrick et al v Global Pharm Medical Center (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law, Health Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | 2024 Opinions, action of damages, Appeal bond, appeal dismissibility, Appellate Review, bad faith practice, Bill of Exceptions, Bushrod Island, civil law, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure Law, Duty of Care, healthcare liability, hospital liability, jurisdictional requirements, medical malpractice, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, Negligence, Notice of Completion of Appeal, Procedural Compliance, Section 51.16, Section 51.7, Section 51.8, Section 51.9, Sixth Judicial Circuit, statutory time limits, Supreme Court of Liberia, Time for service of appeal bond and notice of completion of appeal, wrongful medical treatment | lucia-derrick-james-k-wolovah-vs-global-pharm-medical-center-2024 | 2024-opinions action-of-damages appeal-bond appeal-dismissibility appellate-review bad-faith-practice bill-of-exceptions bushrod-island civil-law civil-law-court civil-procedure-law duty-of-care healthcare-liability hospital-liability jurisdictional-requirements medical-malpractice montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal negligence notice-of-completion-of-appeal procedural-compliance section-51-16 section-51-7 section-51-8 section-51-9 sixth-judicial-circuit statutory-time-limits supreme-court-of-liberia time-for-service-of-appeal-bond-and-notice-of-completion-of-appeal wrongful-medical-treatment | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases health-law private-wrongs-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Ditchfield v Dossen et al LRSC 1; 1 LLR 492 (1907) | 1907, Civil Procedure Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | actionable per se, alien litigants, appellate modification of damages, Court of Quarter Sessions and Common Pleas, defamation, denial and justification inconsistency, equality before the law, evasive and contradictory pleadings, evidence of publication, excessive damages, failure to produce original document, general damages, imputation of crime, inference of damages, injury to reputation, injury to trade or business, insufficiency of answer, jury assessment of damages, libel and slander, Maryland County, motion to rule out pleadings, notice to produce, plea of justification, pleading requirements, remittitur, secondary evidence, special damages, Tort Law | ditchfield-v-dossen-et-al-lrsc-1-1-llr-492-1907 | actionable-per-se alien-litigants appellate-modification-of-damages court-of-quarter-sessions-and-common-pleas defamation denial-and-justification-inconsistency equality-before-the-law evasive-and-contradictory-pleadings evidence-of-publication excessive-damages failure-to-produce-original-document general-damages imputation-of-crime inference-of-damages injury-to-reputation injury-to-trade-or-business insufficiency-of-answer jury-assessment-of-damages libel-and-slander maryland-county motion-to-rule-out-pleadings notice-to-produce plea-of-justification pleading-requirements remittitur secondary-evidence special-damages tort-law | 1907-1 civil-procedure-law-cases private-wrongs-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Dorbor v Robert (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Insurance Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts, Property Law | 2025 Opinions, action of ejectment, Appeal bond, Appeal Procedure, appellate jurisdiction, civil law, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure Law, costs against respondent, dismissal of appeal, Ejectment, Enforcement of Judgment, general damages, indemnity requirement, insufficient appeal bond, insurance surety, issuance versus filing of notice, judgment amount coverage, Land Dispute, mandate, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, Notice of Completion of Appeal, perfection of appeal, property ownership, resumption of jurisdiction, sequencing of appeal steps, Sky Insurance Company, specific damages, Supreme Court of Liberia, wrongful withholding | dorbor-v-robert-2025 | 2025-opinions action-of-ejectment appeal-bond appeal-procedure appellate-jurisdiction civil-law civil-law-court civil-procedure-law costs-against-respondent dismissal-of-appeal ejectment enforcement-of-judgment general-damages indemnity-requirement insufficient-appeal-bond insurance-surety issuance-versus-filing-of-notice judgment-amount-coverage land-dispute mandate montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal notice-of-completion-of-appeal perfection-of-appeal property-ownership resumption-of-jurisdiction sequencing-of-appeal-steps sky-insurance-company specific-damages supreme-court-of-liberia wrongful-withholding | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases insurance-law private-wrongs-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Douyeya Business Center v. Milochewsky, Jr. (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | 2025 Opinions, action of debt, Civil Procedure, Commercial Dispute, Contract Law, damages, Debt Court, Jurisdiction, Sales Transaction, Supreme Court of Liberia | douyeya-business-center-v-milochewsky jr-2025 | 2025-opinions action-of-debt civil-procedure commercial-dispute contract-law damages debt-court jurisdiction sales-transaction supreme-court-of-liberia | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases private-wrongs-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Fahnma Shopping Complex v. J. Fallah Business Center (2023) | 2023, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law, Evidence Law, Maritime Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts, Property Law | 2023 Opinions, affirmation with modification, Appellate Review, appellate standard of review, Bill of Exceptions, bill of lading, breach of duty, business interruption, civil law, Civil Law Court, commercial tenancy, contributory conduct, court closure, criminal vs civil action, Damages for Wrong, documentary evidence, Duty of Care, economic loss, emotional distress, Estoppel, evidentiary burden, general damages, insufficiency of evidence, inventory evidence, Judicial Notice, Jury Verdict, landlord-tenant dispute, leakage liability, lease agreement, liability for premises condition, lis pendens, Magisterial Court proceedings, memorandum of understanding, mitigation of damages, mitigation principle, modification of judgment, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, Motion to Dismiss, National Judicial Conference, Negligence, preponderance of evidence, Procedural Compliance, proof of damages, property damage, settlement agreement, special damages, speculative damages, Supreme Court of Liberia, tenant responsibility, timeliness of appeal, tolling of time, West Point Magisterial Court | fahnma-shopping-complex-v-j-fallah-business-center-2023 | 2023-opinions affirmation-with-modification appellate-review appellate-standard-of-review bill-of-exceptions bill-of-lading breach-of-duty business-interruption civil-law civil-law-court commercial-tenancy contributory-conduct court-closure criminal-vs-civil-action damages-for-wrong documentary-evidence duty-of-care economic-loss emotional-distress estoppel evidentiary-burden general-damages insufficiency-of-evidence inventory-evidence judicial-notice jury-verdict landlord-tenant-dispute leakage-liability lease-agreement liability-for-premises-condition lis-pendens magisterial-court-proceedings memorandum-of-understanding mitigation-of-damages mitigation-principle modification-of-judgment montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial motion-to-dismiss national-judicial-conference negligence preponderance-of-evidence procedural-compliance proof-of-damages property-damage settlement-agreement special-damages speculative-damages supreme-court-of-liberia tenant-responsibility timeliness-of-appeal tolling-of-time west-point-magisterial-court | 2023-1 civil-procedure-law-cases contract-law-cases evidence-law maritime-law private-wrongs-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Firestone Liberia v Kollie et al. LRSC 33 (2016) | 2016, Evidence Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | 2016 Opinions, acid attack injuries, agency principles, appellate intervention, Appellate Review, arrest and detention, assault, battery, burden of proof, civil law, Civil Procedure Law Liberia, compensatory damages, conflicting evidence, corporate accountability, corporate liability, credibility of witnesses, cruel and inhumane treatment, Damages for Wrong, degree of burns, due process violations, employer liability, evidentiary weight, excessive damages, expert medical testimony, Firestone Liberia, general damages, human dignity, intentional torts, keloids, loitering, loss of earning capacity, malicious conduct, Margibi County, medical evidence, mistaken identity, modification of judgment, Negligence, pain and suffering, permanent injury, personal injury, plantation security, preponderance of evidence, private security actions, proportionality of damages, punitive damages, punitive liability standards, reasonable man doctrine, rebuttal evidence, reckless conduct, reduction of damages, right to bodily integrity., Section 22.14(c), security personnel misconduct, self-defense argument, Supreme Court of Liberia, Tort Law, trial by judge, unlawful punishment, vicarious liability, waiver of jury trial, witness testimony, wrongful conduct | firestone-liberia-v-kollie-et-al-lrsc-33-2016 | 2016-opinions acid-attack-injuries agency-principles appellate-intervention appellate-review arrest-and-detention assault battery burden-of-proof civil-law civil-procedure-law-liberia compensatory-damages conflicting-evidence corporate-accountability corporate-liability credibility-of-witnesses cruel-and-inhumane-treatment damages-for-wrong degree-of-burns due-process-violations employer-liability evidentiary-weight excessive-damages expert-medical-testimony firestone-liberia general-damages human-dignity intentional-torts keloids loitering loss-of-earning-capacity malicious-conduct margibi-county medical-evidence mistaken-identity modification-of-judgment negligence pain-and-suffering permanent-injury personal-injury plantation-security preponderance-of-evidence private-security-actions proportionality-of-damages punitive-damages punitive-liability-standards reasonable-man-doctrine rebuttal-evidence reckless-conduct reduction-of-damages right-to-bodily-integrity section-22-14c security-personnel-misconduct self-defense-argument supreme-court-of-liberia tort-law trial-by-judge unlawful-punishment vicarious-liability waiver-of-jury-trial witness-testimony wrongful-conduct | 2016-1 evidence-law private-wrongs-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Firestone v. His Honor Philip G. Williams et al (2023) | 2023, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Evidence Law, Labor Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | 2023 Opinions, accident review board, Appellate Review, best evidence rule, burden of proof, company policy, compensation in lieu of reinstatement, damages for wrongful dismissal, Due Process, employee discipline, employer liability, Employment Law, evidentiary standard, Firestone Plantations Company, gross breach of duty, Harbel, hearing officer, heavy duty driver, insufficiency of evidence, internal investigation, John Cornomia, Judicial Review, Labor Law of 1964, Labour Law, length of service, Liberia National Police, Margibi County, Ministry of Labor, modification of judgment, Monrovia, National Labor Court, Negligence, pension avoidance standard, Plant Protection Department, police accident report, PPD, reinstatement, salary computation, Section 1511-8(b), Section 9 Labor Law, self-accident, Statutory interpretation, summary dismissal, Supreme Court of Liberia, traffic accident investigation, Unfair Labor Practice, vehicle damage, workplace accident, Wrongful Dismissal | firestone-v-his-honor-philip-g-williams-et-al-2023 | 2023-opinions accident-review-board appellate-review best-evidence-rule burden-of-proof company-policy compensation-in-lieu-of-reinstatement damages-for-wrongful-dismissal due-process employee-discipline employer-liability employment-law evidentiary-standard firestone-plantations-company gross-breach-of-duty harbel hearing-officer heavy-duty-driver insufficiency-of-evidence internal-investigation john-cornomia judicial-review labor-law-of-1964 labour-law length-of-service liberia-national-police margibi-county ministry-of-labor modification-of-judgment monrovia national-labor-court negligence pension-avoidance-standard plant-protection-department police-accident-report ppd reinstatement salary-computation section-1511-8b section-9-labor-law self-accident statutory-interpretation summary-dismissal supreme-court-of-liberia traffic-accident-investigation unfair-labor-practice vehicle-damage workplace-accident wrongful-dismissal | 2023-1 civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases evidence-law labor-law-cases private-wrongs-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Guaranty Trust (GT) Bank v. Sirleaf (2023) | 2023, Banking Law, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Evidence Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | 2023 Opinions, adverse inference, Appellate Review, Banking Law, best evidence rule, Bojelene Guest House Inc., breach of deposit contract, burden of proof, Charles E. Sirleaf, Commercial Court of Liberia, Commercial Law, Contract Law, contributory negligence, Costs, credibility of witnesses, Deposit Contract, evidentiary standards, excessive damages, expert witness, failure to testify, forensic examination, forged signature, fraudulent withdrawals, general damages, GT Bank (Liberia) Limited, Guaranty Trust Bank (Liberia) Limited, handwriting analysis, Liberia National Police, mandate, mitigation of damages, Monrovia, Montserrado County, preponderance of evidence, punitive damages, qualification of expert, questioned documents, remand, reversal on appeal, SMS alert deactivation, special damages, subpoenaed witnesses, Supreme Court of Liberia | guaranty-trust-gt-bank-v-sirleaf-2023 | 2023-opinions adverse-inference appellate-review banking-law best-evidence-rule bojelene-guest-house-inc breach-of-deposit-contract burden-of-proof charles-e-sirleaf commercial-court-of-liberia commercial-law contract-law contributory-negligence costs credibility-of-witnesses deposit-contract evidentiary-standards excessive-damages expert-witness failure-to-testify forensic-examination forged-signature fraudulent-withdrawals general-damages gt-bank-liberia-limited guaranty-trust-bank-liberia-limited handwriting-analysis liberia-national-police mandate mitigation-of-damages monrovia montserrado-county preponderance-of-evidence punitive-damages qualification-of-expert questioned-documents remand reversal-on-appeal sms-alert-deactivation special-damages subpoenaed-witnesses supreme-court-of-liberia | 2023-1 banking-law civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases evidence-law private-wrongs-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Guaranty Trust Bank v. Freeman (2022) | 2022, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Labor Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | 2022 Opinions, Action of Damages for Wrong, Appeal, appellate modification, assault, banking sector, bench trial, Civil Law Court B, damages reduction, employer liability, general damages, GT Bank Liberia, managing director, medical evidence, Montserrado County, punitive damages (pled), respondeat superior, Supreme Court of Liberia, vicarious liability, workplace misconduct | guaranty-trust-bank-v-freeman-2022 | 2022-opinions action-of-damages-for-wrong appeal appellate-modification assault banking-sector bench-trial civil-law-court-b damages-reduction employer-liability general-damages gt-bank-liberia managing-director medical-evidence montserrado-county punitive-damages-pled respondeat-superior supreme-court-of-liberia vicarious-liability workplace-misconduct | 2022-1 civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law labor-law-cases private-wrongs-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Her Honor Nancy F. Sammy et al v. CHICO (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law, Labor Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | action of damages, alternative writ, Appellate Review, certiorari vs prohibition, civil law, Civil Law Court, complaint in an action of damages filed before a Circuit Court is not ipso facto dismissible for lack of jurisdiction, Decent Work Act, Duty of Care, employer-employee relationship, exclusive remedy doctrine, interlocutory ruling, jurisdictional challenge, Labor Court, Labor Law, Labor-related disputes not cognizable before Circuit Courts, Ministry of Labor, Montserrado County, Motion to Dismiss, Negligence, occupational injury, peremptory writ, personal protective equipment, petition for writ of prohibition, Private Wrongs Law, Private Wrongs law not applicable to disputes arising from labor relations, Reversal, subject matter jurisdiction, Superseding status of recent legislation when in conflict with another, Supreme Court of Liberia, workers’ compensation, writ of certiorari, wrongful death | her-honor-nancy-f-sammy-and-intestate-estate-of-jalloh-v-chico-2024 her-honor-nancy-f-sammy-et-al-v-chico-2024 | action-of-damages alternative-writ appellate-review certiorari-vs-prohibition civil-law civil-law-court complaint-in-an-action-of-damages-filed-before-a-circuit-court-is-not-ipso-facto-dismissible-for-lack-of-jurisdiction decent-work-act duty-of-care employer-employee-relationship exclusive-remedy-doctrine interlocutory-ruling jurisdictional-challenge labor-court labor-law labor-related-disputes-not-cognizable-before-circuit-courts ministry-of-labor montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss negligence occupational-injury peremptory-writ personal-protective-equipment petition-for-writ-of-prohibition private-wrongs-law private-wrongs-law-not-applicable-to-disputes-arising-from-labor-relations reversal subject-matter-jurisdiction superseding-status-of-recent-legislation-when-in-conflict-with-another supreme-court-of-liberia workers-compensation writ-of-certiorari wrongful-death | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases labor-law-cases private-wrongs-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Jalloh v His Honor J. Kennedy Peabody (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | 2024 Opinions, Action of Damages for Wrong, Appeal, Appellate Review, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure, constitutional law, defamation, Jurisdiction, Justice in Chambers, lis pendens, mandate of Supreme Court, Montserrado County, nullification of judgment, prohibition denied, Service by Publication, Service of Process, severance, Sixth Judicial Circuit, Supreme Court of Liberia, Writ of Prohibition | almaz-kadiatu-jalloh-vs-his-honor-j-kennedy-peabody-2024 | 2024-opinions action-of-damages-for-wrong appeal appellate-review civil-law-court civil-procedure constitutional-law defamation jurisdiction justice-in-chambers lis-pendens mandate-of-supreme-court montserrado-county nullification-of-judgment prohibition-denied service-by-publication service-of-process severance sixth-judicial-circuit supreme-court-of-liberia writ-of-prohibition | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases private-wrongs-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Jalloh v Intestate Estate of Thomas N. Miller (2026) | 2026, Agency Law, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts, Property Law | 2026 Opinions, action of ejectment, admissibility of expert testimony, affirmation of lower court, agency relationship, answer and reply, Appellate Review, attorney-in-fact, burden of proof, Chain of Title, civil law, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure Law Chapter 42.1, competing titles, Congo Town, credibility of witnesses, damages, Default Judgment, denial of agency, denial of motion, denial of new trial, discretion of trial court, Ejectment, eviction, evidentiary tools, expert witness, failure to produce deed, Forestry Development Authority v Walters, fraud, Freeman v Webster, general damages, grantor and grantee, harmless error doctrine, illegal entry, imperfect judgment, inconsistent pleadings, Investigative Survey, Jarba v Fagans-Freeman, jury as trier of fact, Jury Verdict, Land Dispute, Liberia Land Authority, mandate to lower court, metes and bounds, Montserrado County, motion for investigative survey, motion for new trial, pleadings, possession vs title, Pratt v Phillips & Summerville, preponderance of evidence, Procedural Law, proof of title, property ownership, punitive damages, qualification of expert, Real Property, requirement of proof, restitution of possession, Salala Rubber Corporation v Garlawolu, Sixth Judicial Circuit, strength of plaintiff’s title, Supreme Court of Liberia, survey evidence, title deed, warranty deed, weakness of defendant’s title, wrongful occupation | jalloh-v-intestate-estate-of-thomas-n-miller-2026 | 2026-opinions action-of-ejectment admissibility-of-expert-testimony affirmation-of-lower-court agency-relationship answer-and-reply appellate-review attorney-in-fact burden-of-proof chain-of-title civil-law civil-law-court civil-procedure-law-chapter-42-1 competing-titles congo-town credibility-of-witnesses damages default-judgment denial-of-agency denial-of-motion denial-of-new-trial discretion-of-trial-court ejectment eviction evidentiary-tools expert-witness failure-to-produce-deed forestry-development-authority-v-walters fraud freeman-v-webster general-damages grantor-and-grantee harmless-error-doctrine illegal-entry imperfect-judgment inconsistent-pleadings investigative-survey jarba-v-fagans-freeman jury-as-trier-of-fact jury-verdict land-dispute liberia-land-authority mandate-to-lower-court metes-and-bounds montserrado-county motion-for-investigative-survey motion-for-new-trial pleadings possession-vs-title pratt-v-phillips-summerville preponderance-of-evidence procedural-law proof-of-title property-ownership punitive-damages qualification-of-expert real-property requirement-of-proof restitution-of-possession salala-rubber-corporation-v-garlawolu sixth-judicial-circuit strength-of-plaintiffs-title supreme-court-of-liberia survey-evidence title-deed warranty-deed weakness-of-defendants-title wrongful-occupation | 2026-1 agency-law civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law private-wrongs-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Kollie v Momo (2026) | 2026, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Family Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts, Property Law | 2026 Opinions, affirmation of judgment, Andrews v Cornomia, appellate deference to jury findings, Appellate Review, Attorney-in-fact representation, authenticity of deed, Benson v. Sawyer, burden of proof, Civil Procedure Law §26.4, common grantor, conflicting deeds, Constance v Ajavon, corroboration, credibility of witnesses, damages for wrongful withholding, discontinuance of action, Ejectment, emotional distress claim, evidentiary insufficiency, fee simple ownership, fraud in deed, Freeman v Webster, Gbengbar Town, inconsistencies in testimony, Investigative Survey, Jarba v Fagans-Freeman, joint ownership, joint tenancy, Jury Verdict, Kamara v Estate of Essel, Land Dispute, Lartey v Corhel, Liberia Land Authority, Mananaai v Momo, Marital Property, metes and bounds, Montserrado County, oldest title doctrine, Paynesville City, Pratt v Phillips & Summerville, pre-marital acquisition, preponderance of evidence, priority of deeds, property ownership, recording of deed, refiled complaint, St. Stephen v Gbedzee, strength of plaintiff’s title, Supreme Court of Liberia, survey evidence, tenancy by entirety implications, title deed, validity of title, weakness of defendant’s title, weight of evidence | kollie-v-momo-2026 | 2026-opinions affirmation-of-judgment andrews-v-cornomia appellate-deference-to-jury-findings appellate-review attorney-in-fact-representation authenticity-of-deed benson-v-sawyer burden-of-proof civil-procedure-law-%c2%a726-4 common-grantor conflicting-deeds constance-v-ajavon corroboration credibility-of-witnesses damages-for-wrongful-withholding discontinuance-of-action ejectment emotional-distress-claim evidentiary-insufficiency fee-simple-ownership fraud-in-deed freeman-v-webster gbengbar-town inconsistencies-in-testimony investigative-survey jarba-v-fagans-freeman joint-ownership joint-tenancy jury-verdict kamara-v-estate-of-essel land-dispute lartey-v-corhel liberia-land-authority mananaai-v-momo marital-property metes-and-bounds montserrado-county oldest-title-doctrine paynesville-city pratt-v-phillips-summerville pre-marital-acquisition preponderance-of-evidence priority-of-deeds property-ownership recording-of-deed refiled-complaint st-stephen-v-gbedzee strength-of-plaintiffs-title supreme-court-of-liberia survey-evidence tenancy-by-entirety-implications title-deed validity-of-title weakness-of-defendants-title weight-of-evidence | 2026-1 civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law family-law-cases private-wrongs-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Kollie v Momo (2026) | 2026, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Family Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts, Property Law | 2026 Opinions, action of ejectment, affirmation of lower court, Andrews v Cornomia, Appellate Review, authenticity of title, Benson v. Sawyer, bona fide ownership, burden of proof, Chain of Title, civil law, Civil Law Court, common grantor doctrine, conflicting deeds, Constance v Ajavon, credibility of witnesses, damages, Ejectment, emotional distress, eviction, evidentiary conflict, Fraudulent Deed, Freeman v Webster, Gbengbar Town, intervention of evidence, Investigative Survey, Jarba v Fagans-Freeman, joint ownership claim, joint tenancy, jury as trier of fact, Jury Verdict, Kamara v Estate of Essel, Land Dispute, Lartey v Corhel, Liberia Land Authority, Mananaai v Momo, mandate to lower court, marital property dispute, misrepresentation, Montserrado County, oldest title doctrine, Paynesville, pleadings, Pratt v Phillips & Summerville, pre-marital property, preponderance of evidence, priority of deeds, probate of deed, property ownership, Real Property, recording defects, restitution of possession, separate property, Sixth Judicial Circuit, St. Stephen v Gbedzee, Supreme Court of Liberia, survey evidence, title deed, trial procedure, validity of deed, wrongful withholding | 2026-opinions action-of-ejectment affirmation-of-lower-court andrews-v-cornomia appellate-review authenticity-of-title benson-v-sawyer bona-fide-ownership burden-of-proof chain-of-title civil-law civil-law-court common-grantor-doctrine conflicting-deeds constance-v-ajavon credibility-of-witnesses damages ejectment emotional-distress eviction evidentiary-conflict fraudulent-deed freeman-v-webster gbengbar-town intervention-of-evidence investigative-survey jarba-v-fagans-freeman joint-ownership-claim joint-tenancy jury-as-trier-of-fact jury-verdict kamara-v-estate-of-essel land-dispute lartey-v-corhel liberia-land-authority mananaai-v-momo mandate-to-lower-court marital-property-dispute misrepresentation montserrado-county oldest-title-doctrine paynesville pleadings pratt-v-phillips-summerville pre-marital-property preponderance-of-evidence priority-of-deeds probate-of-deed property-ownership real-property recording-defects restitution-of-possession separate-property sixth-judicial-circuit st-stephen-v-gbedzee supreme-court-of-liberia survey-evidence title-deed trial-procedure validity-of-deed wrongful-withholding | 2026-1 civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law family-law-cases private-wrongs-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | ||
| Kolubah et al v The Intestate Estate of the late Saye Sippi (2026) | 2026, Contract Law, Evidence Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts, Property Law | 2026 Opinions, Administrator’s Deed, administrators, admission by failure to rebut, affirmance of judgment, Appellate Review, burden of proof, Chain of Title, civil law, Civil Law Court, competing title claims, corroboration, credibility of witnesses, damages, dismissal for pendency, Ejectment, encroachment, eviction, evidentiary insufficiency, Fraudulent Deed, fraudulent transaction, general damages, identity of parties, Intestate Estate, invalid deed, judicial discretion, Jury Verdict, Land Dispute, landlord–tenant relationship, lease agreement, leasehold interest, lis pendens, mandate, modification of damages, Montserrado County, new trial, Possession, preponderance of evidence, Probate Law, proof of damages, property ownership, property rights protection, punitive damages, Real Property, rebuttal evidence, remand, role of jury, special damages, sublease, Supreme Court of Liberia, title dispute, uncontroverted evidence, unlawful occupation, warranty deed, willful and wanton conduct, wrongful detention of property, wrongful withholding | kolubah-et-al-v-the-intestate-estate-of-the-late-saye-sippi-2026 | 2026-opinions administrators-deed administrators admission-by-failure-to-rebut affirmance-of-judgment appellate-review burden-of-proof chain-of-title civil-law civil-law-court competing-title-claims corroboration credibility-of-witnesses damages dismissal-for-pendency ejectment encroachment eviction evidentiary-insufficiency fraudulent-deed fraudulent-transaction general-damages identity-of-parties intestate-estate invalid-deed judicial-discretion jury-verdict land-dispute landlord-tenant-relationship lease-agreement leasehold-interest lis-pendens mandate modification-of-damages montserrado-county new-trial possession preponderance-of-evidence probate-law proof-of-damages property-ownership property-rights-protection punitive-damages real-property rebuttal-evidence remand role-of-jury special-damages sublease supreme-court-of-liberia title-dispute uncontroverted-evidence unlawful-occupation warranty-deed willful-and-wanton-conduct wrongful-detention-of-property wrongful-withholding | 2026-1 contract-law-cases evidence-law private-wrongs-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Kwaplah International (Liberia) v. The Management of Ecobank (Liberia) Limited (2022) | 2022, Banking Law, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Corporate Law, Evidence Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | 2022 Opinions, Abenego Dahn, abuse of discretion, account statement, agency, alleged fraud, apparent authority, appeal denied, authority of corporate officer, Banking Law, banking practices and procedures, bench trial, best evidence rule, burden of proof, Central Bank of Liberia, check clearing, civil law, Civil Law Court, clearing house, clearing period, commensurate damages, commercial banking, competency of expert, corporate account, corporate personhood, costs taxed, CPL 26.2, criminal conviction and restitution, Damages for Wrong, dismissal without prejudice, documentary evidence, dropping of parties, due diligence, Ecobank Liberia Limited, expert witness, forged board resolution, general damages, Harrison Luo, judgment during trial, judicial discretion, Kwaplah International (Liberia), mandate, misapplication of entrusted property, Montserrado County, motion for summary judgment, Negligence, opening of corporate account, over-the-counter encashment, parent-subsidiary relationship, preponderance of the evidence, proof of affiliation, proof of injury, regulatory compliance, Restitution, separate legal entity, Sixth Judicial Circuit, special damages, speculative damages, standard of care, standard operating procedures, Supreme Court of Liberia, Theft of Property, tort, unjust enrichment | kwaplah-international-liberia-v-the-management-of-ecobank-liberia-limited-2022 | 2022-opinions abenego-dahn abuse-of-discretion account-statement agency alleged-fraud apparent-authority appeal-denied authority-of-corporate-officer banking-law banking-practices-and-procedures bench-trial best-evidence-rule burden-of-proof central-bank-of-liberia check-clearing civil-law civil-law-court clearing-house clearing-period commensurate-damages commercial-banking competency-of-expert corporate-account corporate-personhood costs-taxed cpl-26-2 criminal-conviction-and-restitution damages-for-wrong dismissal-without-prejudice documentary-evidence dropping-of-parties due-diligence ecobank-liberia-limited expert-witness forged-board-resolution general-damages harrison-luo judgment-during-trial judicial-discretion kwaplah-international-liberia mandate misapplication-of-entrusted-property montserrado-county motion-for-summary-judgment negligence opening-of-corporate-account over-the-counter-encashment parent-subsidiary-relationship preponderance-of-the-evidence proof-of-affiliation proof-of-injury regulatory-compliance restitution separate-legal-entity sixth-judicial-circuit special-damages speculative-damages standard-of-care standard-operating-procedures supreme-court-of-liberia theft-of-property tort unjust-enrichment | 2022-1 banking-law civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases corporate-law-case evidence-law private-wrongs-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Magna Diversified v. Mandra Forestry Liberia (2017) | 2017, Civil Procedure Law, Insurance Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | 2017 Opinions, action of damages, Appeal, Appeal bond, appellate procedure, asset valuation certificate, Central Bank of Liberia, civil law, Civil Procedure Law Section 63.2, defective bond, dismissal of appeal, financial capacity, indemnity bond, insurance company, liquidity requirement, Montserrado County, Motion to Dismiss, Mutual Benefits Assurance Company, Sixth Judicial Circuit Court, sufficiency of bond, Supreme Court of Liberia, surety | magna-diversified-v-mandra-forestry-liberia-2017 | 2017-opinions action-of-damages appeal appeal-bond appellate-procedure asset-valuation-certificate central-bank-of-liberia civil-law civil-procedure-law-section-63-2 defective-bond dismissal-of-appeal financial-capacity indemnity-bond insurance-company liquidity-requirement montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss mutual-benefits-assurance-company sixth-judicial-circuit-court sufficiency-of-bond supreme-court-of-liberia surety | 2017-1 civil-procedure-law-cases insurance-law private-wrongs-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Mamawa & Sons Inc. v. The United Bank of Africa (2019) | 2019, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts, Property Law | 2019 Opinions, Appellate Review, best evidence rule, burden of proof, call-log evidence, Civil Law Court, Damages for Wrong, defamation, Ejectment, general damages, HFC Bank Ghana, indictment, Jury Tampering, Jury Verdict, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, National Housing Authority, newspaper publication, non-liable verdict, special damages, Supreme Court of Liberia, United Bank for Africa (UBA) | mamawa-sons-inc-v-the-united-bank-of-africa-2019 | 2019-opinions appellate-review best-evidence-rule burden-of-proof call-log-evidence civil-law-court damages-for-wrong defamation ejectment general-damages hfc-bank-ghana indictment jury-tampering jury-verdict montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial national-housing-authority newspaper-publication non-liable-verdict special-damages supreme-court-of-liberia united-bank-for-africa-uba | 2019-1 civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law private-wrongs-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Patrick Vision Inc. v Arcelor Mittal Liberia (2025) | 2025, Arbitration, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | 2025 Opinions, Appeal, Appellate Review, arbitration, arbitration clause, civil law, contracts, Damages for Wrong, destruction of property, international chamber of commerce arbitration, Jurisdiction, Montserrado County, Motion to Dismiss, reversal and remand, sanctity of contracts, Supreme Court of Liberia, termination of contract, tortious conduct, wrongful seizure of property | patrick-vision-inc-v-arcelor-mittal-liberia-2025 | 2025-opinions appeal appellate-review arbitration arbitration-clause civil-law contracts damages-for-wrong destruction-of-property international-chamber-of-commerce-arbitration jurisdiction montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss reversal-and-remand sanctity-of-contracts supreme-court-of-liberia termination-of-contract tortious-conduct wrongful-seizure-of-property | 2025-1 arbitration civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases private-wrongs-law-cases supreme-court | |
| RL v Kenneh LRSC 22; 33 LLR 114 (1985) | 1985, Civil Procedure Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | 1985 Opinions, Appellate Practice, Civil Procedure, damages action, delay, direct interest, government intervention, intervention, Jurisdiction, Laches, Lofa County, Lofa County Agricultural Development Project, motion to intervene, necessary party, pleading requirements, proper party, standing to intervene, Statutory interpretation, substantial interest, Supreme Court of Liberia, Timeliness | rl-v-kenneh-lrsc-22-33-llr-114-1985 | 1985-opinions appellate-practice civil-procedure damages-action delay direct-interest government-intervention intervention jurisdiction laches lofa-county lofa-county-agricultural-development-project motion-to-intervene necessary-party pleading-requirements proper-party standing-to-intervene statutory-interpretation substantial-interest supreme-court-of-liberia timeliness | 1985-1 civil-procedure-law-cases private-wrongs-law-cases supreme-court | |
| RL v Wright et al LRSC 37; 38 LLR 110 (1995) | 1985, Banking Law, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | 1995 Opinions, alteration of judgment, Appeal, Banking Law, Bare Denial, breach of deposit contract, civil law, Civil Procedure, court-appointed counsel, damages, denial of day in court, exceptions to judgment, Final Judgment, government intervention, intervention, Ministry of Justice, Montserrado County, motion to intervene, notice of assignment, police power, Sixth Judicial Circuit, Supreme Court of Liberia, Writ of Error | rl-v-wright-et-al-lrsc-37-38-llr-110-1995 | 1995-opinions alteration-of-judgment appeal banking-law bare-denial breach-of-deposit-contract civil-law civil-procedure court-appointed-counsel damages denial-of-day-in-court exceptions-to-judgment final-judgment government-intervention intervention ministry-of-justice montserrado-county motion-to-intervene notice-of-assignment police-power sixth-judicial-circuit supreme-court-of-liberia writ-of-error | 1985-1 banking-law civil-procedure-law-cases contract-law-cases private-wrongs-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Ross vs. Burnette (2020) | 2020, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Insurance Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts, Property Law, Tax Law | 2020 Opinions, Appeal bond, appellate procedure, Appellate Review, Central Bank of Liberia, civil law, Civil Procedure Law Sections 51.8 and 63.2.1, costs taxed, damages, defective appeal bond, dismissibility of appeal, Ejectment, Evidence, insurance company as surety, jurisdiction of trial court, Jury Verdict, Land Dispute, Liberia Revenue Authority, mandate, Mentor Initiative v. Fardoun, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, Motion to dismiss appeal, Paynesville, perfection of appeal, property ownership, Reeves v. Quiah Brothers, resumption of jurisdiction, Sixth Judicial Circuit Court, Supreme Court of Liberia, Surety Qualification, tax clearance requirement | ross-vs-burnette-2020 | 2020-opinions appeal-bond appellate-procedure appellate-review central-bank-of-liberia civil-law civil-procedure-law-sections-51-8-and-63-2-1 costs-taxed damages defective-appeal-bond dismissibility-of-appeal ejectment evidence insurance-company-as-surety jurisdiction-of-trial-court jury-verdict land-dispute liberia-revenue-authority mandate mentor-initiative-v-fardoun montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial motion-to-dismiss-appeal paynesville perfection-of-appeal property-ownership reeves-v-quiah-brothers resumption-of-jurisdiction sixth-judicial-circuit-court supreme-court-of-liberia surety-qualification tax-clearance-requirement | 2020-1 civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law insurance-law private-wrongs-law-cases property-law-cases tax-law supreme-court | |
| Sayeh v The Liberia Telecommunications Authority (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Labor Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | 2025 Supreme Court Opinion, Civil Law Court, Damages for Wrong, Defamation of Character, Double Recovery, Employment Law, Jury Trial, Labor Dispute, Liberia Telecommunications Authority, LTA, Professional Reputation, Res Judicata, Reversible Error, Supreme Court of Liberia, Tort Law, Wrongful Dismissal | sayeh-v-the-liberia-telecommunications-authority-2025 | 2025-supreme-court-opinion civil-law-court damages-for-wrong defamation-of-character double-recovery employment-law jury-trial labor-dispute liberia-telecommunications-authority lta professional-reputation res-judicata reversible-error supreme-court-of-liberia tort-law wrongful-dismissal | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases labor-law-cases private-wrongs-law-cases supreme-court | |
| The Management of Ecobank Liberia Limited v. Embassy Suite Corporation (2023) | 2023, Banking Law, Commercial Law, Corporate Law, Evidence Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | 2023 opinion, absence of board resolution, Action of Damages for Wrong, Appeal, collateral VIP premises name change, Commercial Court debt by attachment and garnishment, damages without proof of injury, Ecobank Liberia Limited v Embassy Suite Corporation, joint and several loan obligation, lack of corporate existence at time of wrong, no transfer of assets or liabilities, ruling reversed, sole proprietorship vs corporation, Standing to Sue, successor liability not proven, Supreme Court of Liberia, Tort Law, ultra vires corporate act, verdict against weight of evidence | the-management-of-ecobank-liberia-limited-v-embassy-suite-corporation-2023 | 2023-opinion absence-of-board-resolution action-of-damages-for-wrong appeal collateral-vip-premises-name-change commercial-court-debt-by-attachment-and-garnishment damages-without-proof-of-injury ecobank-liberia-limited-v-embassy-suite-corporation joint-and-several-loan-obligation lack-of-corporate-existence-at-time-of-wrong no-transfer-of-assets-or-liabilities ruling-reversed sole-proprietorship-vs-corporation standing-to-sue successor-liability-not-proven supreme-court-of-liberia tort-law ultra-vires-corporate-act verdict-against-weight-of-evidence | 2023-1 banking-law commercial-law-cases corporate-law-case evidence-law private-wrongs-law-cases supreme-court | |
| The Management of Mamba Point Hotel v. Dee (2023) | 2023, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Labor Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | 2023 Opinions, Appellate Review, breach of duty, Civil Law Court, compensatory damages, Damages for Wrong, Decent Work Act (2015), Duty of Care, employer liability, Evidence, Jury Verdict, medical evidence, modification of judgment, Montserrado County, Negligence, personal injury, property maintenance, reasonable care, spinal injury, Supreme Court of Liberia, workplace injury | the-management-of-mamba-point-hotel-v-dee-2023 | 2023-opinions appellate-review breach-of-duty civil-law-court compensatory-damages damages-for-wrong decent-work-act-2015 duty-of-care employer-liability evidence jury-verdict medical-evidence modification-of-judgment montserrado-county negligence personal-injury property-maintenance reasonable-care spinal-injury supreme-court-of-liberia workplace-injury | 2023-1 civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law labor-law-cases private-wrongs-law-cases supreme-court | |
| The Management of MONCO Liberia Limited v The Management of Global Bank Liberia Limited (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law, Insurance Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | 2024 Opinions, 63.1, 63.2, Abandonment of Appeal, Appeal bond, appellate procedure, bank certificate, Banking Law, cash bond, certificate of deposit, civil law, Civil Procedure Law, corporate surety, Damages for Wrong, Global Bank Liberia Limited, Guaranty Trust Bank (Liberia) Limited, indemnification, insufficiency of bond, judicial discretion, jurisdictional steps, MONCO Liberia Limited, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, perfection of appeal, plain statement rule, rule of conformity, Sections 51.8, Sixth Judicial Circuit Civil Law Court, Sky Insurance Company, Statutory interpretation, substance over form, Supreme Court of Liberia, surety, Tort Law | monco-lib-ltd-vs-global-bank-lib-ltd-2024 the-management-of-monco-liberia-limited-v-the-management-of-global-bank-liberia-limited-2024 | 2024-opinions 63-1 63-2 abandonment-of-appeal appeal-bond appellate-procedure bank-certificate banking-law cash-bond certificate-of-deposit civil-law civil-procedure-law corporate-surety damages-for-wrong global-bank-liberia-limited guaranty-trust-bank-liberia-limited indemnification insufficiency-of-bond judicial-discretion jurisdictional-steps monco-liberia-limited montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal perfection-of-appeal plain-statement-rule rule-of-conformity sections-51-8 sixth-judicial-circuit-civil-law-court sky-insurance-company statutory-interpretation substance-over-form supreme-court-of-liberia surety tort-law | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases insurance-law private-wrongs-law-cases supreme-court | |
| The Management of Samaritan’s Purse, International et al v Moulton (2026) | 2026, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | 2026 Opinions, affirmation with modification, agency relationship, American Life Insurance Co v Holder, Appellate Review, assessment of damages, Association of Regulatory Boards v Quaye, authenticity of documents, bench trial, breach of duty, burden of proof, causation, checkpoint incident, civil law, Civil Law Court, contradiction of evidence, credibility of witnesses, Damages for Wrong, documentary evidence, Duty of Care, employee misconduct, employer liability, evidentiary burden, failure to prove damages, Gbarpolu County, general damages, Immigration Service officer, injury to person, International Trust Co v Cooper Hayes, Intrusco Corp v Ossely, liability, Liberia Telecommunications Corporation v Sayon, mandate to lower court, medical bill dispute, medical evidence, modification of judgment, Montserrado County, motorbike accident, Negligence, personal injury, preponderance of evidence, proof of special damages, proportionality of damages, Proximate Cause, reduction of damages, respondeat superior, scope of employment, Sixth Judicial Circuit, special damages, speculative damages, Supreme Court of Liberia, Tort Law, trier of fact and law, vicarious liability, waiver of jury trial, witness testimony, wrongful act | the-management-of-samaritans-purse-international-et-al-v-moulton-2026 | 2026-opinions affirmation-with-modification agency-relationship american-life-insurance-co-v-holder appellate-review assessment-of-damages association-of-regulatory-boards-v-quaye authenticity-of-documents bench-trial breach-of-duty burden-of-proof causation checkpoint-incident civil-law civil-law-court contradiction-of-evidence credibility-of-witnesses damages-for-wrong documentary-evidence duty-of-care employee-misconduct employer-liability evidentiary-burden failure-to-prove-damages gbarpolu-county general-damages immigration-service-officer injury-to-person international-trust-co-v-cooper-hayes intrusco-corp-v-ossely liability liberia-telecommunications-corporation-v-sayon mandate-to-lower-court medical-bill-dispute medical-evidence modification-of-judgment montserrado-county motorbike-accident negligence personal-injury preponderance-of-evidence proof-of-special-damages proportionality-of-damages proximate-cause reduction-of-damages respondeat-superior scope-of-employment sixth-judicial-circuit special-damages speculative-damages supreme-court-of-liberia tort-law trier-of-fact-and-law vicarious-liability waiver-of-jury-trial witness-testimony wrongful-act | 2026-1 civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law private-wrongs-law-cases supreme-court | |
| The Management of the John F. Kennedy Medical Center v Sehkehporh (2025) | 2025, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | 2025 Opinions, Abdominal Hysterectomy, Action of Damages for Wrong, Appeal, Breach of Standard of Care, Damages—General Reduced to US$350, Dr. Enders, Dr. Obed W. Dolo, Duty of Care, Expert Testimony, Fidelity Health Center, Fistula, Jahmale Health Center, John F. Kennedy Medical Center (JFK), Jury Verdict, Justice Yamie Q. Gbeisay Sr., Karen Gaydou Sehkehporh, medical malpractice, Motion for New Trial Denied, Negligence, Postoperative Complications, Proximate Cause, Retained Surgical Gauze (Gossypiboma), Special Damages Disallowed, Supreme Court of Liberia | the-management-of-the-john-f-kennedy-medical-center-v-sehkehporh-2025 | 2025-opinions abdominal-hysterectomy action-of-damages-for-wrong appeal breach-of-standard-of-care damages-general-reduced-to-us350 dr-enders dr-obed-w-dolo duty-of-care expert-testimony fidelity-health-center fistula jahmale-health-center john-f-kennedy-medical-center-jfk jury-verdict justice-yamie-q-gbeisay-sr karen-gaydou-sehkehporh medical-malpractice motion-for-new-trial-denied negligence postoperative-complications proximate-cause retained-surgical-gauze-gossypiboma special-damages-disallowed supreme-court-of-liberia | 2025-1 private-wrongs-law-cases supreme-court | |
| The Management of the National Port Authority et al v. Bull et al(2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law, Labor Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | Appeal bond, appellate procedure, Appellate Review, bank statement liquidity, Civil Procedure Law, composite insurance license, consolidation of actions, costs of court, dismissal of action, employment-related litigation, indemnification, insurance company competence, jurisdictional compliance, libel and slander, mandate, Monrovia, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, National Port Authority, substantial justice, Supreme Court of Liberia, surety bond, tax clearance validity, technical defects | the-management-of-the-national-port-authority-et-al-v-bull-et-al2024 the-management-of-the-national-port-authority-v-sekou-h-dukuly-2024 | appeal-bond appellate-procedure appellate-review bank-statement-liquidity civil-procedure-law composite-insurance-license consolidation-of-actions costs-of-court dismissal-of-action employment-related-litigation indemnification insurance-company-competence jurisdictional-compliance libel-and-slander mandate monrovia montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal national-port-authority substantial-justice supreme-court-of-liberia surety-bond tax-clearance-validity technical-defects | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases labor-law-cases private-wrongs-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Universal Printing Press, v. Blue Cross Insurance Company LRSC 43 (2015) | 2015, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law, Evidence Law, Insurance Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts, Property Law | 2015 Opinions, abuse of discretion, admission of documents, annexation of exhibits, Appeal, Appellate Review, authentication of documents, award of damages, Bill of Exceptions, burden of proof, cancellation of insurance policy, challenges for cause, civil law, Civil Procedure Law Chapter 22, Contract Law, Enforcement of Judgment, evidentiary rules, flood damage, general damages, indemnity, insurance law, insurance policy interpretation, judicial discretion, Judiciary Law Section 18.2, juror qualification, jury selection, jury service within preceding year, Jury Verdict, mandate, mitigation of damages, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, notice of cancellation, notice principle, peremptory challenges, pleading requirements, pollution of jury, preponderance of evidence, property damage, reversal of judgment, Reversible Error, special damages, specificity requirement, Supreme Court of Liberia, voir dire, waiver of challenge, weight of evidence | universal-printing-press v-blue-cross-insurance-company-lrsc-43-2015 | 2015-opinions abuse-of-discretion admission-of-documents annexation-of-exhibits appeal appellate-review authentication-of-documents award-of-damages bill-of-exceptions burden-of-proof cancellation-of-insurance-policy challenges-for-cause civil-law civil-procedure-law-chapter-22 contract-law enforcement-of-judgment evidentiary-rules flood-damage general-damages indemnity insurance-law insurance-policy-interpretation judicial-discretion judiciary-law-section-18-2 juror-qualification jury-selection jury-service-within-preceding-year jury-verdict mandate mitigation-of-damages montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial notice-of-cancellation notice-principle peremptory-challenges pleading-requirements pollution-of-jury preponderance-of-evidence property-damage reversal-of-judgment reversible-error special-damages specificity-requirement supreme-court-of-liberia voir-dire waiver-of-challenge weight-of-evidence | 2015-1 civil-procedure-law-cases contract-law-cases evidence-law insurance-law private-wrongs-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court |