MROCZKOWSKI v. STRAUB CLINIC & HOSP., INC.

No. 11160.

732 P.2d 1255 (1987)

Manfred L. MROCZKOWSKI, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. STRAUB CLINIC & HOSPITAL, INC., Defendant-Appellee, and John Does 1-10; Jane Does 1-10; Doe Partnerships 1-10; Doe Corporations 1-10; Roe "Non-Profit" Corporations 1-10; and Roe Governmental Entities 1-10, Defendants.

Intermediate Court of Appeals of Hawaii.

As Amended February 23, 1987.

Order on Reconsideration February 23, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Simpson (Valta A. Cook, Sharon A. Merkle, and J. Gregory Turnbull, on briefs), Case, Kay, & Lynch, of counsel, Honolulu, for plaintiff-appellant.

William A. Bordner (Jan M. Tamura, with him on brief), Burke, Sakai, McPheeters, Bordner & Gilardy, Honolulu, for defendant-appellee.

Before BURNS, C.J., and HEEN and TANAKA, JJ.


BURNS, Chief Judge.

In this action alleging medical malpractice and negligent failure to obtain the patient's informed consent to surgery, plaintiff Manfred L. Mroczkowski (Mroczkowski) appeals the November 7, 1985 judgment in favor of defendant Straub Clinic & Hospital, Inc. (Straub). We affirm.

At the close of Mroczkowski's evidence to the jury, the trial court granted Straub's motion under Rule 50(a), Hawaii Rules of Civil Procedure (HRCP), and directed...

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