VIEAU v. CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU

No. 7739.

653 P.2d 1161 (1982)

Leon VIEAU, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU, Erasmo Fiesta, Defendants-Appellants, and John Does 1-10 and Doe Corporations 1-10, Defendants.

Intermediate Court of Appeals of Hawaii.

November 9, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Colleen K. Hirai, Honolulu (Edmund L. Lee, Jr. and Arthur Ripley, Jr., Honolulu, on briefs), Deputy Corp. Counsel, City and County of Honolulu, for defendants-appellants.

Walter G. Chuck, Honolulu (Han P. Ching, Honolulu, also on brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before BURNS, C.J., and HEEN and TANAKA, JJ.


TANAKA, Judge.

This is a personal injury action. Defendants City and County of Honolulu (the City) and Erasmo Fiesta (Fiesta) appeal from the judgment in favor of plaintiff Leon Vieau based on a special jury verdict.

The basic issue is whether the answers given by the jury on a special verdict form were inconsistent and conflicting and, therefore, warranted a new trial or remittitur. We answer no, and affirm.

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