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KEKUA v. KAISER FOUNDATION HOSP.

No. 5851.

601 P.2d 364 (1979)

George N. KEKUA, Sr., Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of George N. Kekua, Jr., Deceased, and Martha Kekua, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Incorporated, Hawaii Permanente Medical Group, Inc., and Jarrett Galbreth, Defendants-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

October 15, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald A. Beck, Honolulu (Cades Schutte Fleming & Wright, Honolulu, of counsel), for defendants-appellants.

James F. Ventura (Libkuman, Ventura, Moon & Ayabe, Honolulu, of counsel; Raymond J. Tam, Honolulu, with him on the brief, Shim, Sigal, Tam & Naito, Honolulu, of counsel), for plaintiffs-appellees.

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

RICHARDSON, Chief Justice.

George N. Kekua, Sr., and his wife, Martha, brought a tort action against Kaiser Foundation Hospital, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., Hawaii Permanente Medical Group and Dr. Jarrett Galbreth (hereinafter referred to collectively as appellants) for money damages arising out of the death of their son, George N. Kekua, Jr. (hereinafter decedent or George Jr.). The court below, sitting without a jury, found for the plaintiffs and the defendants...

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