JONES v. DON L. GORDON CORP.

No. 5875.

586 P.2d 1024 (1978)

Horace JONES, Plaintiff-Appellant, Cross Appellee, v. DON L. GORDON CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee, Cross Appellee, and Star Manufacturing Co., Defendant-Appellee, Cross Appellant.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

November 15, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles R. Kozak, Honolulu, for plaintiff-appellant, cross appellee.

Alan M. Oshima, Honolulu (Raymond S. Iwamoto and Joseph T. Kiefer, Honolulu, on the briefs; Carlsmith, Carlsmith, Wichman & Case, Honolulu, of counsel), for defendant-appellee, cross appellant.

Before RICHARDSON, C.J., and KOBAYASHI, OGATA, MENOR and KIDWELL, JJ.


KIDWELL, Justice.

This action seeks damages for delayed and defective delivery of a steel building fabricated on the mainland and shipped to Hawaii in a disassembled condition. The circuit court granted recovery from the mainland manufacturer and denied recovery from the Hawaii distributor of the building. We reverse as to both defendants.

On July 5, 1972 plaintiff-appellant Jones, a building contractor and developer, contracted with defendant Don L. Gordon...

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