KELLEY v. KOKUA SALES AND SUPPLY, LTD.

No. 5491.

532 P.2d 673 (1975)

Frances Thelma KELLEY, Individually, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. KOKUA SALES AND SUPPLY, LTD., Defendant, Oahu Turf & Sprinkler Company, Ltd., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

March 7, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan M. Goda, Honolulu (Frank D. Padgett, Honolulu, with him on the briefs, Padgett, Greeley, Marumoto & Steiner, Honolulu, of counsel), for plaintiffs-appellants.

Edmund Burke, Honolulu (Conroy, Hamilton, Gibson, Nickelsen & Rush, Honolulu, of counsel, Ronald D. Libkuman, Libkuman, Ventura, Moon & Kekina, Honolulu, of counsel, with him on the brief), for defendants-appellees.

Dennis E.W. O'Connor, Honolulu (David A. Ezra, Honolulu, with him on the brief, Anthony, Hoddick, Reinwald & O'Connor, Honolulu, of counsel), for defendants-appellees Hawaiian Equipment Co. and Castle & Cooke, Inc.

John A. Roney, Honolulu, on the brief (Goodsill, Anderson & Quinn, Honolulu, of counsel) for International Harvester Co.

Nelson S.W. Chang, Deputy Atty. Gen., on the brief (George Pai, Atty. Gen., of counsel) for State of Hawaii.

Robert M. Rothwell, Deputy Corp. Counsel, Honolulu (Richard K. Sharpless, Corp. Counsel, Honolulu, of counsel) for City and County of Honolulu.

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


KOBAYASHI, Justice.

This is an appeal by the plaintiffs (appellants). In an action for damages for negligence brought by the plaintiffs, the trial court rendered summary judgments in favor of the defendants (appellees) and against the appellants on the issue of liability. We affirm.

The question for resolution is whether the trial court erred in holding, as a matter of law:

That the appellees owed no duty to refrain from the negligent infliction of...

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