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LAWRENCE v. YAMAUCHI

No. 4671.

439 P.2d 669 (1968)

Douglas LAWRENCE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Masami YAMAUCHI, Toshio Ansai, Shigeru Kubota, John Doe I, John Doe II, John Doe III, and Roe Corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

April 4, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin Anderson and George W. Ashford, Jr., Honolulu (Anderson, Wrenn & Jenks, Honolulu, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellant.

Alexander C. Marrack, Honolulu (Robertson, Castle & Anthony, Honolulu, of counsel), for defendants-appellees.

Before RICHARDSON, C.J., MIZUHA, MARUMOTO and ABE, JJ., and YASUTAKA FUKUSHIMA, Circuit Judge, in place of LEVINSON, J., disqualified.

MIZUHA, Justice.

Plaintiff-appellant, Douglas Lawrence, a plasterer's helper, was injured on February 21, 1963, while he stood on the ground floor of the Waikiki Circle Hotel, a hotel building under construction, when a five-pound plumb bob was dropped on his head and shoulder by defendant-appellee Shigeru Kubota from the twelfth floor. At the time of this injury, plaintiff was employed by Okazaki & Sugai Plasterers, Inc., a plastering subcontractor, and was engaged...

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