HIGA v. MIRIKITANI

No. 5363.

517 P.2d 1 (1973)

Mitsuru HIGA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Percy K. MIRIKITANI, Defendant-Appellee, and David E. Namaka, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

Rehearing Denied December 27, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Maki, Honolulu, for plaintiff-appellant.

Arthur S.K. Fong, Honolulu, for defendant-appellee.

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


LEVINSON, Justice.

On January 1, 1964, the plaintiff-appellant sustained bodily injuries in an automobile accident allegedly caused by the negligence of Yoshiro Kuroki, the driver of the car in which the plaintiff was a passenger. Kuroki was killed in the collision, and within approximately one month thereafter, or in March 1964, as the defendant-appellee claims, the plaintiff secured the legal services of the defendant, an attorney licensed to practice law in this...

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