CHAINEY v. JENSEN

No. 6311.

614 P.2d 402 (1980)

Eugene CHAINEY, Individually and as Guardian Pro-Chein Ami for Paul Chainey, minor, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Edward JENSEN, Mrs. Edward Jensen and Jeffrey Jensen, Defendants-Appellees.

Intermediate Court of Appeals of Hawaii.

July 22, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry Kitamura, Shim, Sigal, Tam & Naito, Honolulu (Walter S. Kirimitsu, Honolulu, on the briefs), for plaintiffs-appellants.

Berton T. Kato, Kobayashi, Watanabe, Sugita & Kawashima, Honolulu (Clyde Wm. Matsui, Honolulu, on the brief), for defendants-appellees.

Before PADGETT, Acting C.J., BURNS, J., and AU, Circuit Judge, in place of HAYASHI, C.J., disqualified.


PADGETT, Acting Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment entered in the court below in favor of the defendants-appellees. The issue is whether in a comparative negligence case it was error to refuse to give two specific instructions to the jury. We affirm.

On the evening of October 24, 1972, Appellee Jeffrey Jensen, Appellant Paul Chainey and others, all minors, were drinking beer on the grounds of the Kilohana Church on Mahimahi Street in Honolulu....

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