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ASATO v. MATSUDA

No. 5445.

519 P.2d 1240 (1974)

Rose Y. ASATO and Yeisei Asato, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Fujio MATSUDA, Director, Department of Transportation, State of Hawaii, Defendant, and State of Hawaii, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

March 5, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nelson S.W. Chang, Deputy Atty. Gen. (George Pai, Atty. Gen., of counsel on the briefs), for defendant-appellant.

Leland H. Spencer, Honolulu (Kelso, Spencer, Snyder & Stirling, Honolulu, of counsel), for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before RICHARDSON, C.J., LEVINSON, KOBAYASHI and OGATA, JJ., and LUM, Circuit Judge, assigned by reason of vacancy.

PER CURIAM.

The record of this case fails to reflect any reversible error.

Affirmed.

RICHARDSON, Chief Justice (dissenting).

This appeal arises out of an action brought against the State for personal injuries received by plaintiff when struck by a floating log as she was picking limu at Ewa Beach. The trial court sitting without a jury found that the State was negligent and that the plaintiff was not contributorily negligent. I would reverse...

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