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PETERSEN v. CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU

No. 5113.

496 P.2d 4 (1972)

Jill Elaine PETERSEN, a minor, by Louise Petersen, as her next friend, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU, a municipal corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

Rehearing Denied May 1, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Myer C. Symonds, Honolulu (Bouslog & Symonds, Honolulu, of counsel), for plaintiffs-appellants.

Harold Hu, Deputy Corporation Counsel, Honolulu (Wilfred Iwai, Deputy Corporation Counsel, and Paul Devens, Corporation Counsel, Honolulu, on the briefs), for defendant-appellee.

Before RICHARDSON, C.J., and MARUMOTO, ABE, LEVINSON and KOBAYASHI, JJ.

ABE, Justice.

This suit, brought on behalf of Jill Petersen, a minor, arises from an accident which occurred at Hanauma Bay, a park near Honolulu owned and managed by the City and County of Honolulu. The accident occurred when plaintiff, who was just under two years of age at the time, stepped on coals in or near an open barbecue pit and was badly burned.

In her suit against the county, the jury returned a verdict for the county, specifically finding that...

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