KAOWILI v. RAYMARK INDUSTRIES, INC.

No. 10823.

727 P.2d 67 (1986)

Lynette L. KAOWILI, individually and as Special Administratrix of the Estate of Lawrence P. Kaowili, deceased, and as Guardian Prochein Ami for Ocean P. Kaowili, Lance W. Kaowili, Laureen K. Kaowili, Lorna M.H. Kaowili and Lawrence K. Kaowili, all minors, Plaintiffs-Appellees, Cross-Appellants, v. RAYMARK INDUSTRIES, INC., Successor to Raybestos-Manhatten, Inc., a Connecticut corporation, Defendant-Appellant, Cross-Appellee, and Johns-Manville Sales Corporation, formerly known as Johns-Manville Products Corporation, a Delaware corporation, also formerly known as Johns-Manville Corporation, a New York corporation, et al., Defendants.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

October 30, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Devens (Paula Devens, with him on the briefs; Ikazaki, Devens, Lo, Youth & Nakano of counsel), Honolulu, for Raymark Industries.

Gary O. Galiher (L. Richard De Robertis and Stanford H. Masui, with him on the briefs; Gary Galiher & Associates of counsel), Honolulu, for Kaowili.

Before LUM, C.J., and NAKAMURA, PADGETT, HAYASHI and WAKATSUKI, JJ.


PADGETT, Justice.

After a jury trial, judgment was entered in favor of the plaintiffs-appellees and against the defendant-appellant. The court below granted a remittitur or alternatively a new trial. Appellees accepted the remittitur. Appellant subsequently filed its appeal and the appellees filed a cross-appeal from the order granting a remittitur. Numerous claims of error are urged but we find it necessary to deal with only one.

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