CAFARELLA v. CHAR

No. 6359.

615 P.2d 763 (1980)

Michael CAFARELLA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. John K. CHAR, Defendant-Appellee.

Intermediate Court of Appeals of Hawaii.

August 11, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul E. Di Bianco, Honolulu, for plaintiff-appellant.

Michael D. Tom, Goodsill, Anderson & Quinn, Honolulu, for defendant-appellee.

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


PADGETT, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment entered following a directed verdict for the defendant at the close of all of the evidence in a jury trial of a dental malpractice action. We hold that a directed verdict was improperly granted and that the case should be reversed for a new trial.

Appellant claimed that beginning in December, 1971 and for approximately a year thereafter, the appellee negligently performed dental services for him including gum...

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