RAVELO BY RAVELO v. COUNTY OF HAWAII

No. 7937.

658 P.2d 883 (1983)

Christine RAVELO, a minor, and Jennifer Ravelo, a minor, by their Guardians Ad Litem, Benjamin RAVELO and Marlene Ravelo, and Benjamin Ravelo and Marlene Ravelo, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. COUNTY OF HAWAII, a municipal corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

February 15, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey Choi, Hilo (Doi, Cook, Choi & Quitiquit, Hilo, of counsel), for plaintiffs-appellants.

Barbara P. Richardson, Deputy Corp. Counsel, Hilo, for defendant-appellee.

Before LUM, Acting C.J., NAKAMURA, PADGETT and HAYASHI, JJ., and MENOR, Retired Justice, in place of RICHARDSON, C.J., disqualified.


NAKAMURA, Justice.

The question in this interlocutory appeal from the Circuit Court of the Third Circuit is whether the complaint filed by Plaintiffs-appellants Benjamin Ravelo and Marlene Ravelo (Mr. and Mrs. Ravelo) against Defendant-appellee County of Hawaii (the County) stated a cause of action upon which relief could be granted. Concluding from a review of the record that the Ravelos' original pleading recited facts that could give rise to a cognizable claim...

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