Court Awards Goll US$40K Against Brussels Airlines
By Yassah J. Wright
The Civil Law Court for Montserrado County has awarded Counselor Urias S. Goll, US$40,000 in general damages against Brussels Airlines.
On that ruling, Goll lawyer, Attorney Jeremiah Samuel Dugbo, took exception to the amount as inadequate, and announced an appeal to the Supreme Court. Atty. Dugbo argued that the award does not commensurate with the extent of harm his client suffered.
The airline has meanwhile, excepted to the judgment too, and announced its own appeal.
The ruling, delivered on Tuesday, October 6, by the Assigned Circuit Judge, Golda A. Bonah Elliott, was during the 12th day of the September Term of the Sixth Judicial Circuit, Civil Law Court. It found Brussels Airlines liable for denying Goll boarding on a scheduled flight from Monrovia to Brussels; failing to provide adequate notice, and refusing to offer him reimbursement, or rerouting as required under passenger protection rules incorporated into his ticket contract.
In addition to the US$40,000 general damages, the court ordered Brussels Airlines to refund the full cost of Goll’s original ticket, reimburse the difference between that ticket, and the replacement ticket he purchased from Ethiopian Airlines, and pay transportation expenses incurred for his journey between Toronto and Windsor, Canada.
But for Goll’s legal team, the financial award remains insufficient.
Immediately after Judge Elliott delivered the final ruling, Atty. Dugbo excepted specifically to the amount awarded for general damages, and announced an appeal before the Supreme Court during its October Term 2026.
The defense also excepted to the ruling.
