NAKAGAWA v. APANA

No. 4944.

477 P.2d 611 (1970)

Hiroshi NAKAGAWA v. Helen APANA, dba Maui Metal Company.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

November 23, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard E. Stifel, Jenks, Kidwell, Goodsill & Anderson, George R. Ariyoshi, Honolulu, for appellant.

Frank D. Padgett, Padgett, Greeley, Marumoto & Akinaka, Honolulu, for appellee.

Before RICHARDSON, C.J., ABE and LEVINSON, JJ., Circuit Judge DOI in place of MARUMOTO, J., disqualified and Circuit Judge KABUTAN in place of KOBAYASHI, J., disqualified.


RICHARDSON, Chief Justice.

On October 31, 1967, plaintiff-appellee, Hiroshi Nakagawa, an employee of Johnson Pacific Company (hereinafter referred to as Johnson Pacific), was working on the roof of the Maui Community College Building when he was struck by a bucket of cement. The cement bucket was being lifted to the roof of the building by a crane owned by the defendant-appellant, Helen Apana, and operated by Rusty Apana. His signal man was Joseph Kaiwi. Both Kaiwi...

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