KANG v. CHARLES PANKOW ASSOCIATES

No. 8917.

675 P.2d 803 (1984)

Richard KANG and Nancy Kang, Individually and as Next Friend of Evert Kang and Erik Kang, Minors, Plaintiffs-Appellants, and Industrial Indemnity Insurance Company of Hawaii, Ltd., Plaintiff, v. CHARLES PANKOW ASSOCIATES, Defendant-Appellee, and Glen D. Pluid, Defendant.

Intermediate Court of Appeals of Hawaii.

January 5, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert R. Takahashi, Honolulu (Linda K. Goto, Honolulu, with him on briefs; Herbert R. Takahashi, a Law Corporation, Honolulu, of counsel), for plaintiffs-appellants.

Barry M. Kurren, Honolulu (Edmund Burke and Brian Aburano, Honolulu, with him on brief; Burke, Ashford, Sakai, McPheeters, Bordner & Gilardy, Honolulu, of counsel), for defendant-appellee.

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


TANAKA, Judge.

Plaintiffs Richard Kang and Nancy Kang, individually and as next friend of Evert Kang and Erik Kang, minors (collectively Appellants), appeal the summary judgment in this negligence action which held that defendant Charles Pankow Associates (Pankow) was not vicariously liable as a matter of law under the doctrine of respondeat superior for the damages suffered by Appellants. We find no error and affirm.

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