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FIGUEROA v. STATE

No. 6437.

604 P.2d 1198 (1979)

Michael FIGUEROA, a minor, by his next friend, Louis Figueroa, and Individually, Louis Figueroa and Shirley Pimental, Plaintiffs-Appellees, Cross-Appellants, v. STATE of Hawaii, Defendant-Appellant, Cross-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

Reconsideration Denied January 29, 1980.

As Amended February 26, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charlotte E. Libman, Deputy Atty. Gen., Honolulu (Charles F. Fell and Nelson S.W. Chang, Deputy Attys. Gen., Honolulu, with her on the briefs), for defendant-appellant, cross-appellee.

David W. Hall, Honolulu (William S. Hunt, Honolulu, with him on the briefs; Hart, Leavitt, Hall & Hunt, Honolulu, of counsel), for plaintiffs-appellees, cross-appellants.

David W. Hall (Edmunds and Hall of counsel) and William S. Hunt (Hart, Leavitt & Hunt of counsel), for Plaintiffs-Appellees, Cross-Appellants, for the motion.

Before RICHARDSON, C.J., KOBAYASHI, OGATA and MENOR, JJ., and MARUMOTO, Retired Justice, in place of KIDWELL, J., absent.

OGATA, Justice.

Plaintiffs-appellees, cross-appellants, Michael Figueroa, Louis Figueroa and Shirley Pimental (hereinafter appellees) instituted an action against the defendant-appellant, cross-appellee, State of Hawaii (hereinafter appellant) to recover damages for an attempted suicide by appellee Michael Figueroa1 while he was at the Hawaii Youth Correctional Facility, also known as the Koolau...

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