Patricia TOBOSA and Edward Tobosa, Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
Thomas C. OWENS, M.D. and the Queen's Medical Center, Defendants-Appellees, and
John Bellatti, M.D., Clifford Hornback, M.D. and John Does 5-50, Defendants.
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August 31, 1987.
As Amended September 11, 1987.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Prescilla Mills, Honolulu (David C. Schutter, George W. Playdon, Jr., Thomas D. Collins, III, and Stuart T. Feeley on the briefs, Schutter, Playdon, Glickstein, of counsel) for plaintiffs-appellants.
Rene McWade, Honolulu (Dennis E.W. O'Connor and H. William Goebert, Jr. with her on the brief, Reinwald, O'Connor & Marrack, of counsel) for defendant-appellee Queen's Medical Center.
Edmund Burke, Honolulu (Debra A. McHugh with him, on the brief, Burke, Sakai, McPheeters, Bordner & Gilardy, of counsel) for defendant-appellee Owens.
Before NAKAMURA, Acting C.J., and PADGETT, HAYASHI, and WAKATSUKI, JJ., and Intermediate Court of Appeals Chief Judge BURNS, in place of LUM, C.J., Recused.
Supreme Court of Hawaii.
NAKAMURA, Justice.
One seeking damages for a medical tort1 must "submit the claim to [a] medical claim conciliation panel [formed pursuant to HRS § 671-112] before a suit based [thereon] may be commenced in any court of this State." HRS § 671-12.3 Furthermore, the plaintiff's complaint cannot "specify the amount of damages [sought] but shall contain a prayer for general...
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