CHRISTENSEN v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTO. INS. CO.

No. 4910.

470 P.2d 521 (1970)

Arlene CHRISTENSEN aka Arlene Christianson v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, an Illinois Corporation, Evelyn Gail Bethel and Cheryl DeWitt.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

June 1, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stuart M. Cowan, Honolulu (Greenstein & Cowan, Honolulu, of counsel), for defendants-appellants.

James E. Duffy, Jr., Honolulu (Cobb & Gould, Honolulu, of counsel; Albert Gould, Honolulu, on the brief), for defendant-appellee.

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


KOBAYASHI, Justice.

Arlene Christensen owned an automobile which State Farm insured. Christensen went to the mainland for about three weeks, leaving her car in the custody of Cheryl DeWitt, a friend with whom she had worked. On September 21, 1965, DeWitt drove the car negligently, damaging the car and injuring her passenger Evelyn Gail Bethel.

Bethel sued both Christensen and DeWitt seeking damages for her injuries...

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