WARSHAW v. ROCKRESORTS, INC.

No. 5679.

562 P.2d 428 (1977)

Ruth L. WARSHAW and Sam S. Warshaw, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ROCKRESORTS, INC., and Eastern Pacific, Inc., a Delaware Corporation dba Mauna Kea Beach Hotel, Defendants and Third-Party Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. VIKING CORPORATION OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, an Indiana Corporation, formerly known as Versal, Inc., Third-Party Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

March 31, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hyman M. Greenstein, James A. Wagner, Honolulu, for plaintiffs-appellants.

William L. Fleming, Peter C.P. Char, Cades Schutte Fleming & Wright, Honolulu, for Rockresorts, Inc.

Joseph Schneider, Conklin & Schneider, Honolulu, for Viking Corp.

Before RICHARDSON, C.J., OGATA, J., and KAWAKAMI, Circuit Judge, for KOBAYASHI, J., disqualified, CHANG, Circuit Judge, for MENOR, J., disqualified, and KATO, Circuit Judge, for KIDWELL, J., disqualified.


RICHARDSON, Chief Justice.

This appeal presents the question of whether or not evidence of prior accidents was properly excluded by the trial court.1

On the afternoon of February 12, 1971, Ruth Warshaw was seriously injured in a golf cart accident at the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel's golf course. She and her husband sought damages from Rockresorts, Inc., and Eastern Pacific, Inc., dba Mauna...

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