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Case 1

Hawt Steppa v Dancehall-Soca Resort Ltd.

The Claimant (Mr. Hawt Steppa) is Thirty-five years old, and was employed as an entertainment coordinator at The Dancehall-Soca Resort Ltd at the time of the incident. The Defendant Mr. Richy Ritch owns The Dancehall-Soca Resort Limited (Ltd.). Mr. Ritch has ensured that his hotel is a registered company under the Companied Act of Jamaica, with a registered office at 24 Frolic Lane, St. Annies Creek, Jamaica where the resort property is also located. On the 18th of January 2022 while working in his professional capacity as an Entertainment Co-Ordinator at the Dancehall-Soca Resorts nightly after dinner concert; Mr. Hawt Steppa was dancing The BOGLE with the 1993 Dancehall Queen, Kaleen, who was a guest performer. Mr. Hawt Steppa while doing the Bogle dance slipped and sustained injuries to his right knee. The Medical Report of Dr. Evil Leftside outlined the following: Based on injuries sustained to Mr. Hawt Steppa, he can no longer be able to engage in dancing professionally or any acrobatic activities he is employed to do or known for.

Signed: Eleftside Dr. Evil Leftside

As a result of injuries sustained and loss of income and future earnings the Claimant has brought a claim against the Defendant in the Supreme Court of Jamaica for:

I. Negligence

II. Breach of statutory duty under the Occupiers Liability Act. Damages Claimed by the Defendant pursuant to medial report:

III. $8,000,000.00 was suggested for pain and suffering and loss of amenities.

AND IV. $9,724.000.00 for loss of earnings due to handicap on the labour market

ISSUES to be addressed by both the Claimant and Defendant:

1. Whether the Hotel was negligent in staging the show?

2. Whether the Hotel breached their common duty of care to users of their property pursuant to the Occupiers Liability Act?

3. Is Claimants suffered injuries too remote under the law of Negligence?

4. Is defendant liable to pay the sums of $8,000,000.00 and $9,724,000.00 to the Claimant?

5. The Accountant for the hotel has stated that due to the Covid19 Pandemic the hotel lost a lot of revenue, thus hotel only has $5,000,000.00 in their savings account. The Claimant did a Google search of the owner of the hotel, Mr. Richy Ritch and it showed that he is worth $90,000,000.00. Can the owner be forced to pay the sums of $8,000,000.00 and $9,724,000.00 from his personal account?