KAPAHUA v. HAW'N INS. & GUAR. CO.

No. 4744.

50 Haw. 644 (1968)

447 P.2d 669

JOANNE KAPAHUA v. HAWAIIAN INSURANCE AND GUARANTY COMPANY, LIMITED and JOSEPH MOSSMAN.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

November 27, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley H. Roehrig for plaintiff-appellant.

George R. Ariyoshi and Norman H. Suzuki for defendants-appellees.

RICHARDSON, C.J., MARUMOTO, ABE AND LEVINSON, JJ., AND CIRCUIT JUDGE KING ASSIGNED BY REASON OF VACANCY.


OPINION OF THE COURT BY RICHARDSON, C.J.

The sole question before this court is whether an insurance company or its agent is negligent toward an insured when neither it nor its agent gives the insured notice of the expiration of her automobile insurance policy and it does not automatically renew the policy upon expiration.

Plaintiff purchased automobile insurance from the defendant insurance company through the defendant Mossman, its agent, for the stated...

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