Monthly Archive: May 2024

This motion to dismiss grows out of a final ruling rendered by the Sixth Judicial Circuit, Civil Law Court, Montserrado County on September 1, 2023, in which the respondent/appellant was adjudged liable to the movant in the amount of Two Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars (US$2,500,000.00) in an action of damages suit filed by the movant against the respondent.

The movant/appellee herein request this Court to dismiss the appeal on grounds that the respondent/appellant appeal bond is inconsistent with statute as it is insufficient to indemnify the movant/appellee thereby rendering this appeal dismissible as a matter of law

In this motion to dismiss, Miss Lucia Derrick and James K. Wolovah, movants herein have prayed this Court to dismiss the respondent’s appeal on grounds that the said appeal violates the appeal statute. We take recourse to the records to make a just determination based on the facts and circumstances herein.

The movants in their motion alleged that they were plaintiffs in a medical malpractice action before the Sixth Judicial Circuit, Civil Law Court, Montserrado County and that the said court rendered final judgment in their favor on September 19, 2023, and the said judgment was