{"id":6468,"date":"2025-09-19T19:20:34","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T19:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stage.thedaylight.org\/wp68\/?p=6468"},"modified":"2025-09-20T14:07:58","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T14:07:58","slug":"mano-accident-victim-receives-us120k-for-damages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stage.thedaylight.org\/wp68\/2025\/09\/19\/mano-accident-victim-receives-us120k-for-damages\/","title":{"rendered":"Mano Accident Victim Receives US$120K for Damages"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Top: Bendu Sonii received US$120,000 from Mano Palm Oil Industries as damages for an accident that left her with one leg. The DayLight\/Harry Browne<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By <strong>Matenneh Keita<\/strong> and <strong>Harry Browne<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BALLAH\u2019S TOWN, Grand Cape Mount County \u2013 A woman, who <a href=\"https:\/\/stage.thedaylight.org\/wp68\/2025\/02\/01\/mano-accident-shatters-workers-life-forever\/\">lost a leg in an accident<\/a> involving a Mano Palm Oil Industries vehicle, received US$120,000 for damages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In May last year, a Mano vehicle swerved off the Babangida Highway and hit Bendu Sonii, a casual laborer with the Lebanese-owned company. Doctors at the St. Joseph Catholic Hospital amputated Sonii\u2019s right leg, which was severely injured in the accident. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After recovery, the 42-year-old mother of eight continued to receive her US$70 or US$80 wage and four 25-kilogram bags of rice. However, that changed after she won the lawsuit against her employer for damages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe money Mano gave was US$120,000. \u00a0I brought it and turned it over to [Sonii],\u201d said Sensee Johnson, the victim\u2019s fianc\u00e9. \u201cWe took off the expenses that were made, and the balance was saved in the bank.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The payment is a soothing twist in a sad story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In an interview on her hospital bed two months later, a distressed Sonii could not hold back tears. She continued that mood even after she was discharged from the hospital, ruing a bleak future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not long after her story was <a href=\"https:\/\/stage.thedaylight.org\/wp68\/2025\/02\/01\/mano-accident-shatters-workers-life-forever\/\">published<\/a>, Sonii found a lawyer and sued Mano at the 11th Judicial Circuit Court in Tubmanburg, Bomi County.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She petitioned the court for US$1.45 million in damages for wrong, personal injury and emotional distress, court records show. &nbsp;However, she reached an out-of-court settlement with the Lebanese-owned company for the eventual amount.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Having received the payment, Sonii praised the justice system, her spouse and journalists for the victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI tell God thank you for the situation that came to me between me and Mano Oil Palm Plantation. The law was there to fight my case, and today I have become successful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt was difficult but thank God the laws of Liberia were there for me during the court process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMy husband was there and also [The DayLight] too fought. All of you were there for me,\u201d added Sonii at her home in Ballah&#8217;s Town, Grand Cape Mount County. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mano did not speak on the settlement. Richard Hilton, the company\u2019s communication officer, promised to grant an interview but evaded reporters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mano Accident Victim Receives US$120K for Damages\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NSLhxHju9CE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Additional reporting by Gabriel Parker in Tubmanburg, Bomi County.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Top: Bendu Sonii received US$120,000 from Mano Palm Oil Industries as damages for an accident that left her with one leg. 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