OKADA v. STATE

No. 6341.

614 P.2d 407 (1980)

Craig Shizuichi OKADA, a minor, by his next friend, Ichiko Okada, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. STATE of Hawaii, Defendant-Appellee.

Intermediate Court of Appeals of Hawaii.

Certiorari Denied September 16, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kazuhisa Abe, Honolulu (Arnold T. Abe, Honolulu, on briefs), Abe & Abe, Honolulu, for plaintiff-appellant.

Melvin M. Miyagi, Deputy Atty. Gen., Honolulu (Kenneth P.H. Nam, Honolulu, on brief), for defendant-appellee.

Before HAYASHI, C.J., and PADGETT and BURNS, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from a judgment for the State in a suit for negligence under the State Tort Claims Act. The issue is whether the court below erred in holding that the State was not negligent.

Appellant was a student at Hilo Intermediate School in a class of eight pupils with learning disabilities. The teacher was Mrs. Ueoka. On the morning of the accident, Mrs. Ueoka decided to let the appellant and two others clean out a terrarium which had...

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