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TAYLOR-RICE v. STATE

No. 21489.

979 P.2d 1086 (1999)

91 Hawai`i 60

Debbie TAYLOR-RICE, Individually and as Special Administrator of the Estate of Alexa Dawn Taylor, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. STATE of Hawai`i, Defendant-Appellant, and Kenneth Richard Leigh; Linda Nusser; Citizens Utilities Company, a Delaware corporation, dba Kaua`i Electric; GTE Hawaiian Tel Corp., Inc., a Hawai`i corporation, dba GTE Hawaiian Tel Co. Corp.; John Does 1-10; Jane Does 1-10; Doe Partnerships 1-10; Doe Corporations 1-10; Roe "Non-Profit" Corporations 1-10; and Roe Governmental Entities 1-10 (Civ. No. 94-0173). Edward J. Blasie, Sr., Individually and as Special Administrator of the Estate of Darlene T. K. Blasie; and Carol K. Blasie, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. State of Hawai`i, Defendant-Appellant, and Kenneth Richard Leigh; Linda Nusser; Citizens Utilities Company, a Delaware corporation, dba Kaua`i Electric; GTE Hawaiian Tel Corp., Inc., a Hawai`i corporation, dba GTE Hawaiian Tel Co. Corp.; John Does 1-10; Jane Does 1-10; Doe Partnerships 1-10; Doe Corporations 1-10; Roe "Non-Profit" Corporations 1-10; and Roe Governmental Entities 1-10 (Civ. No. 94-0206). Rudolphus Verdoorn, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. State of Hawai`i, Defendant-Appellant, and Kenneth Richard Leigh; Linda Nusser; Citizens Utilities Company, A Delaware corporation, dba Kaua`i Electric; GTE Hawaiian Tel Corp., Inc., A Hawai`i Corporation, dba GTE Hawaiian Tel Co. Corp.; John Does 1-10; Jane Does 1-10; Doe Partnerships 1-10; Doe Corporations 1-10; Roe "Non-Profit" Corporations 1-10; and Roe Governmental Entities 1-10 (Civ. No. 94-0259).

Supreme Court of Hawai`i.

June 30, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nelson Y. Nabeta and Thomas R. Keller, Deputy Attorneys General, on the briefs,for defendant-appellant.

Peter Van Name Esser, on the briefs, Honolulu, for plaintiffs-appellees Edward J. Blasie, Sr. and Rudolphus Verdoorn.

Trudy K. Senda and Randal G.B. Valenciano, on the briefs, Lihue, for plaintiffs-appellees Debbie Taylor-Rice and Edward J. Blasie, Sr.

Daniel E. Chur (of Robinson & Chur), on the briefs, Honolulu, for plaintiff-appellee Rudolphus Verdoorn.

MOON, C.J., KLEIN, LEVINSON, NAKAYAMA, and RAMIL, JJ.

Opinion of the Court by MOON, C.J.

Following a bench trial in the fifth circuit court, defendant-appellant State of Hawai`i (the State) was found jointly and severally liable for damages resulting from a single-car accident that occurred when defendant Kenneth Richard Leigh drove his car off Kūhiō Highway on Kaua`i, striking the buried end of a guardrail and vaulting into a utility pole. The accident resulted in the death of two passengers, Alexa Dawn...

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