WAKUYA v. OAHU PLUMBING & SHEET METAL

No. 7341.

656 P.2d 84 (1982)

Nancy K. WAKUYA and Ted T. Wakuya, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. OAHU PLUMBING & SHEET METAL, LTD., dba Sen Company, Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SECURITY CORPORATION and Kumahira Safe Company, Third-Party Defendants-Appellees, and City Bank, Third-Party Defendant.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

December 27, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey S. Portnoy and Kristin Brandsma, Honolulu (Cades Schutte Fleming & Wright, Honolulu, of counsel), for the Writ and on brief, for defendant and third-party defendant-appellee Kumahira Safe Co.

Albert Gould and Benjamin L. Carroll, III, Honolulu (Albert Gould, Honolulu, of counsel), for defendant and third-party defendant-appellee Security Corp.

Hyman M. Greenstein and Wayne D. Parsons, Honolulu, for plaintiffs-appellants Wakuya, respondents.

Before RICHARDSON, C.J., LUM and NAKAMURA, JJ., OGATA and MENOR, Retired Justices, assigned temporarily.


PER CURIAM.

This case is before us on certiorari from the intermediate court of appeals. It involves an action for injuries sustained by Nancy Wakuya on October 4, 1974, when the handle of the bank vault door she was trying to open suddenly became detached and she fell backwards onto the floor. She was an employee of the Kailua Branch of City Bank at the time. Mrs. Wakuya and her husband (hereinafter "Wakuyas") are the plaintiffs-appellants in this action. The handle...

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