LUM v. QUEEN'S MEDICAL CENTER

No. 11990.

744 P.2d 1205 (1987)

In the Matter of the Claim of Muriel W.K.W. LUM, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Harold H. Lum, Gerard Thomas Y.O. Lum, and Virginia Marie N.S. Young, Claimants-Appellees, v. The QUEEN'S MEDICAL CENTER, Respondent-Appellant, and Stewart Y. Matsumoto, M.D., Cardiovascular Consultants, Inc., John Does 1-10, Jane Does 1-10, Doe Corporations 1-10, Doe Partnerships 1-10, and Roe Governmental Agencies 1-10, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

November 9, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rene McWade, Reinwald, O'Connor & Marrack (Dennis E.W. O'Connor & Cid H. Inouye with her on the brief), Honolulu, for respondent-appellant.

David L. Fairbanks, Cronin, Fried, Sekiya, Kekina & Fairbanks (L. Richard Fried, Jr., Honolulu, with him on the brief), for claimants-appellees.

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


WAKATSUKI, Justice.

Claimants-appellees filed a wrongful death claim with the Medical Claims Conciliation Panel (MCCP) pursuant to Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § 671-12 (1985).1

Prior to any panel being formed for this claim,2 claimants-appellees obtained a subpoena duces tecum signed by the executive secretary to the MCCP. The subpoena duces tecum commanded...

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