Category: 2026 Opinions

Odell F. Kamara vs SOA Incorporated (08/27/2026) 0

Odell F. Kamara vs SOA Incorporated (08/27/2026)

This appeal involves a petition for replevin filed before the Sixth Judicial Circuit, Civil Law Court for Montserrado County by Odell F. Kamara, appellant herein against SOA Incorporated, appellee herein.

The appellant alleged in her petition that she is the owner of certain vehicles/equipment which she claimed she purchased from the People’s Republic of China and imported via the Port of Conakry, Guinea and then brought them to Liberia through the Ganta Border; the appellant alleged in her petition that she was a friend to the late Cletus T. Noah and based upon said relationship with the late Cletus, the

The Management of APM Terminals Liberia Limited vs Augustus Paye (08/27/2026) 0

The Management of APM Terminals Liberia Limited vs Augustus Paye (08/27/2026)

The undisputed facts, drawn from the certified records in this appeal, show that
the appellant/management, APM Terminals Liberia Ltd., employed the co
appellee, Augustus Paye, as Deputy Head of Information Technology (IT) on
November 22, 2010. He remained in the appellant’s employ until his retirement
on January 28, 2020.
A few months after his retirement, co-appellee Paye filed a complaint with the
Ministry of Labor against the appellant. He alleged that the appellant had refused
to pay him an additional month’s salary each year, commonly referred to as a
“thirteenth-month salary”; had failed to pay his leave allowance; and had failed to

Thomas Jagbay, Emmanuel Kerkula, Too Decent Bar & Restaurant, Moses	Kesselle, Robert L. Tennie, Maris Suah and others to be identified vs Kuku Y. Dorbor (08/27/2026) 0

Thomas Jagbay, Emmanuel Kerkula, Too Decent Bar & Restaurant, Moses Kesselle, Robert L. Tennie, Maris Suah and others to be identified vs Kuku Y. Dorbor (08/27/2026)

This appeal is before us from the final judgment of the Sixth Judicial Circuit, Civil Law Court for Montserrado County, in an action of ejectment initiated by the appellee, Kuku Y. Dorbor, against the appellants, Moses Kesselle and Robert Tennie et. al. Following a jury trial, a verdict was returned in favor of the appellee. The trial court thereafter confirmed the verdict, and ordered the appellants evicted from the disputed premises, and directed the issuance of a writ of possession. Being dissatisfied with the judgment, the appellants excepted to the ruling and announced an appeal to this Court of last

APMT Liberia vs West Africa Diving Association (WADA) (08/27/2026) 0

APMT Liberia vs West Africa Diving Association (WADA) (08/27/2026)

This action for damages for wrong was instituted by the plaintiff/appellee, West
Africa Diving Association (WADA), against the defendant/appellant, APMT
Liberia, before the Sixth Judicial Circuit, Civil Law Court for Montserrado
County, Republic of Liberia. In its complaint, the appellee averred that it entered
into contracts with the appellant in 2013 and 2014 under which the appellee
undertook to provide mooring and launch boat services to the appellant. That on
December 1, 2014, the appellant terminated the contracts without stating any basis
for the termination. That, predicated on the termination of the contracts and

Bangalee Fofana  vs The Intestate Estate of Mary Wrawreh (08/27/2026) 0

Bangalee Fofana vs The Intestate Estate of Mary Wrawreh (08/27/2026)

The appeal emanates from a final judgment rendered by His Honor Scheaplor R. Dunbar, Assigned Circuit Judge, presiding over the Civil Law Court for Montserrado County, during its March Term, A. D. 2025.

The facts of the case, as gleaned from the certified records show that the Intestate Estate of Mary K. Wrawreh by and thru its Administratrix and Administrator, Evelyn W. Dixon and Marcus Duncan, appellee herein, filed an action of ejectment on February 16, 2006, against Bangalee Fofana, appellant herein.

In its complaint, the estate averred that in 1982, the late Mary Wrawreh, acquired a parcel of land

Yousef J. Kais vs Her Honor Comfort S. Natt (08/27/2026) 0

Yousef J. Kais vs Her Honor Comfort S. Natt (08/27/2026)

This case before us on appeal is from a January 13, 2016 ruling of the National Labor Court, presided over by Her Honor Comfort S. Natt, wherein she reversed and set aside the Hearing Officer’s ruling in an action of wrongful dismissal against Lonestar Cell/MTN, co-appellee, where the Hearing Officer awarded the appellant, Yousef J. Kais, reinstatement or payment in the sum of United States Eighty-Eight Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety-Nine Dollars and Fifty Cents (US$ 88,999.50).

The facts culled from the certified records before this Court reveal that the appellant was employed by the co-appellee Lonestar in July 2001, as

The Testate  Estate of Charles  Henry  Nathaniel Wordsworth vs IB Bank (08/27/2026) 0

The Testate Estate of Charles Henry Nathaniel Wordsworth vs IB Bank (08/27/2026)

This Court is called upon to review the ruling of the Commercial Court of Liberia which denied the appellant’s motion to intervene in a petition for Foreclosure of Mortgage filed by 1st appellee, International Bank (Liberia Limited) against 2nd appellee, Mrs. Edith Bawn.
The certified records before this Court reveal that 1st appellee, the International Bank (Liberia Limited), filed a petition for foreclosure of a mortgaged property, contending therein that the 2nd appellee, Mrs. Edith Bawn, on March 31, 2017, entered into a loan agreement with the 1st appellee, International Bank (Liberia Limited) for a loan in the amount of

Miatta Sonni-Jarry vs SIB Bank Liberia Limited (08/27/2026) 0

Miatta Sonni-Jarry vs SIB Bank Liberia Limited (08/27/2026)

This appeal currently before us evolves from the final ruling of the National Labor Court granting a petition for judicial review in favor of the appellee, SIB Bank Liberia Limited, resulting from a default judgment entered by the Hearing Officer of the Ministry of Labor against the appellee SIB bank from a complaint of wrongful dismissal and unfair labor practice filed by the appellant, Miatta Sonii Jarry.

In her complaint to the Ministry of Labor on January 21, 2025, the appellant, Miatta Sonni-Jarry, substantially alleged that she was employed by the appellee bank in May 2017, and served in various

The Intestate Estate of Charlotte Crawford vs Sally Kamara and Abdulai Bailor (08/27/2026) 0

The Intestate Estate of Charlotte Crawford vs Sally Kamara and Abdulai Bailor (08/27/2026)

This appeal emanates from the ruling of the trial court granting an appeal in favor of the appellees and reversing the ruling of the Magisterial Court in holding appellees liable to appellant and indicating in said ruling that appellant is at liberty to file a cancellation proceeding before the Civil Law Court.
The records before this Court reveal that this case has its origin from the Monrovia City Magisterial Court wherein the appellant, William Juah, the administrator of the Intestate Estate of Charlotte Crawford, filed an action of Summary Proceeding to Recover Possession of Real Property against Sally Kamara and

A. Mohammed Fofana and Mateneh Fofana vs Intestate Estate of Moses Wright (08/27/2026) 0

A. Mohammed Fofana and Mateneh Fofana vs Intestate Estate of Moses Wright (08/27/2026)

This appeal grows out of an action for the Cancellation of a title deed instituted by the appellee, the Intestate Estate of Moses Wright, by and thru its administrator, George Wright, against Mohammed Fofana and Mateneh Fofana, appellants, in the Sixth Judicial Circuit, Civil Law Court for Montserrado County.

The records reveal that the appellee intestate estate is laying claim to ownership of a parcel of land situated in the Police Academy Community, Paynesville, Montserrado County, Republic of Liberia. The late Moses Wright is said to have acquired the subject property during his lifetime by a transfer deed executed in