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ONTAI v. STRAUB CLINIC AND HOSP. INC.

No. 7237.

659 P.2d 734 (1983)

Francis ONTAI, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. STRAUB CLINIC AND HOSPITAL INC., Defendant-Appellant, and General Electric Company, Defendant-Appellee, and John Does I-X, John Doe Partnerships I-X, John Doe Corporations I-X, John Doe Governmental Entities I-X, Defendants.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

February 18, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Turk and Sharon Leng, Honolulu, for plaintiff-appellant.

Dennis W.E. O'Connor and H. William Goebert, Jr., Honolulu (Hoddick, Reinwald, O'Connor & Marrack, Honolulu, of counsel), for defendant-appellant.

Richard E. Stifel and Lani L. Ewart, Honolulu (Goodsill, Anderson & Quinn, Honolulu, of counsel), for defendant-appellee.

Before LUM, Acting C.J., NAKAMURA, J., and OGATA and MENOR, Retired Justices, Assigned Temporarily.

MENOR, Retired Justice.

This is a consolidated appeal by plaintiff Francis Ontai ("Ontai") from the directed verdict entered against him by the lower court in favor of defendant-appellee General Electric Company ("G.E."), and by defendant Straub Clinic and Hospital, Inc. ("Straub") from the dismissal of its cross-claim against G.E.

On March 1, 1976, plaintiff Ontai went to Straub for an air contrast barium enema examination of the colon. The examination took...

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