DiCENZO v. IZAWA

No. 10719.

723 P.2d 171 (1986)

Irma DiCENZO, Plaintiff-Appellant, Cross-Appellee, and Jesse Kahikina, Plaintiff, v. Helen M. IZAWA, Defendant-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, and Eugene Sheiniuk, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

July 18, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael D. Wilson (Peter C. Wolff, Jr., with him on briefs; Hart, Wolff & Wilson, of counsel), Honolulu, for plaintiff-appellant, cross-appellee.

Kathy K. Higham (David A. Nakashima, with her on briefs; Rush, Moore, Craven, Kim & Stricklin, of counsel), Honolulu, for defendent-appellee, cross-appellant.

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


NAKAMURA, Justice.

The plaintiff in an action for damages stemming from an automobile accident appeals from a judgment of the Circuit Court of the First Circuit in favor of the defendant. We vacate the judgment and remand the case for a new trial because a review of the record discloses the commission of reversible error by the trial court. In our opinion the court erred in ruling that a statement given by the defendant to a representative of her insurer was not subject...

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