Dear Mirror Lawyer, I am seeking advice on behalf of my friend. Her husband and three children attended a boxing match at the Bukom Boxing Arena.
A regular customer of the husband’s business and a friend played a prank on her.
He falsely told her that her husband and children had been seriously injured in a scuffle at the arena, and that her husband was in a critical condition at the hospital.
He also claimed that their eldest son was in a coma, so she should rush to the hospital. As a result of this false information, she suffered a violent shock to her nervous system and other permanent physical consequences.
Can she sue her husband’s friend for his actions?
Akosua Poma, Korle Bu, Accra