HAO v. OWENS-ILLINOIS, INC.

No. 11184.

738 P.2d 416 (1987)

Stephen HAO, Sr., and Nora Hao, Plaintiffs-Appellants/Cross-Appellees, v. OWENS-ILLINOIS, INC., an Ohio corporation, Defendant-Appellee/Cross-Appellant, 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 at., Defendants.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

As Amended on Denial of Reconsideration, June 24, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary O. Galiher (L. Richard DeRobertis, with him on the briefs, of counsel, Gary Galiher & Associates), Honolulu, for plaintiffs-appellants/cross-appellees.

Jerold T. Matayoshi (Burnham H. Greeley, with him on the briefs, of counsel, Greeley, Walker & Kowen), Honolulu, for defendant-appellee/cross-appellant.

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


LUM, Chief Justice.

Plaintiffs-Appellants/Cross-Appellees Stephen and Nora Hao ("the Haos") seek review of the jury verdict and judgment disposing of the case in favor of Defendants-Appellees/Cross-Appellants Owens-Illinois, Inc. ("Owens-Illinois"). Among the errors alleged on appeal1 and cross-appeal,2 we address two: whether the lower court erred in applying our modified comparative negligence statute to...

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