MILLER v. YOSHIMOTO

No. 5546.

536 P.2d 1195 (1975)

Roger J. MILLER et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Jack Y. YOSHIMOTO et al., Defendants, and The State of Hawaii, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

June 3, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. William Burgess, Honolulu (Hale Kronenberg, Honolulu, with him on the briefs, Burgess & Gelber, Honolulu, of counsel), for plaintiffs-appellants.

Nelson S.W. Chang, Deputy Atty. Gen., Honolulu (George Pai, Atty. Gen., with him on the brief), for defendant-appellee.

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


KOBAYASHI, Justice.

This appeal by plaintiff (appellant) is against the State of Hawaii (appellee) only.

The appellant instituted this negligence action for damages for the total loss of her left eye cause by the willful action of defendant Richard Yoshimoto, a minor (defendant). Appellant brought this action against both Yoshimoto and the appellee and alleged, inter alia, that appellee failed to provide proper supervision of students in or around the...

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