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TANUVASA v. CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU

No. 6891.

626 P.2d 1175 (1981)

Onasai TANUVASA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU, a municipal corporation, and Officer David Lam, Defendants-Appellants.

Intermediate Court of Appeals of Hawaii.

Reconsideration Denied May 5, 1981.

Certiorari Granted May 26, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David C. Schutter, Honolulu, for plaintiff-appellee.

Stanley Young, Deputy Corp. Counsel, Honolulu, for City.

Wayne A. Matsuura, Burgess & Matsuura, Waianae, for Lam.

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

PADGETT, Judge.

Appellants City and County of Honolulu and David Lam appeal from a judgment below awarding appellee $250,000 general damages against the City and County of Honolulu and $6,000 punitive damages against Officer Lam.

The lawsuit arose out of an incident occurring on the evening of January 3, 1975. Appellee and six friends were gathered in the Kalihi YMCA parking lot talking. Appellee and one other were in his car, the other five were gathered...

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