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PACHECO v. HILO ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY, LTD.

No. 5385.

520 P.2d 62 (1974)

Stanley PACHECO and Ramona Pacheco, Plaintiffs, v. HILO ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY, LTD., Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellee, v. STATE of Hawaii, Third-Party Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

March 19, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert P. Jaress, Deputy Atty. Gen., State of Hawaii, Honolulu (George Pai, Atty. Gen., of counsel), for third-party defendant-appellant.

Richard E. Stifel, Honolulu (Goodsill, Anderson & Quinn, Honolulu, of counsel), for defendant and third-party plaintiff-appellee.

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

LEVINSON, Justice.

On August 27, 1967, Stanley Pacheco was seriously injured while operating a tractor-type lawnmower as an employee of the State of Hawaii. On that day, Pacheco was mowing grass near the 18-mile post on the roadside between Hilo and Honokaa on the island of Hawaii when a large sign, owned and maintained by the Hilo Electric Light Company, hereinafter referred to as HELCO, collapsed and fell on his head. As...

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