CARVALHO v. RAYBESTOS-MANHATTAN, INC.

No. 85-1711.

794 F.2d 454 (1986)

T. Moana CARVALHO, individually and as Special Administratrix of the Estate of Manuel S. Carvalho, Deceased; Manuel C.K. Carvalho, Michael K. Carvalho and Cynthia U. Kanuha, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. RAYBESTOS-MANHATTAN, INC., etc., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided July 11, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Richard DeRobertis, Gary O. Galiher, Gary, Galiher & Associates, Honolulu, Hawaii, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Rollin Wong, Paul Devens, Ikazaki, Devens, Lo, Youth & Nakano, Honolulu, Hawaii, for defendants-appellees.

Before FERGUSON, CANBY, and HALL, Circuit Judges.


CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff-appellant Moana Carvalho (plaintiff or Carvalho), appeals from the decision of the district court finding her cause of action barred by Hawaii's two-year statute of limitations for tort claims, Hawaii Rev.Stat. § 657-7. We vacate the decision of the district court and remand for a new trial on the statute of limitations issue.

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