FOCHTMAN v. HONOLULU POLICE AND FIRE DEPTS.

No. 7762.

649 P.2d 1114 (1982)

Ms. Jacqueline FOCHTMAN, Individually, and as Administrator for Phillip Roy Crist, deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HONOLULU POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS; City and County of Honolulu, a municipal corporation, Defendants-Appellees, and Unidentified Police Officers, John Does 1-2, Defendants.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

August 16, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry I. Wilson, Honolulu (Wilson & Berman, Honolulu, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellant.

Patrick Border, Deputy Corp. Counsel, Honolulu (Edmund L. Lee, Jr., Deputy Corp. Counsel, Honolulu, on the brief), for defendants-appellees.

Before RICHARDSON, C.J., and LUM, NAKAMURA, PADGETT and HAYASHI, JJ.


PADGETT, Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment entered in favor of the City and County of Honolulu. Plaintiff-Appellant, the parent and administrator of the estate of Phillip Roy Crist, contends that there were genuine issues of material fact which made summary judgment improper. We agree and accordingly, reverse.

The facts as they appear on the record before us are as follows: On January 11, 1977, at...

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