CORDEIRO v. BURNS

No. 13217.

776 P.2d 411 (1989)

Catherine CORDEIRO, as Personal Representative of the Estate of William J. Perreira, deceased, and as Prochein Ami of William Perreira, Jr. and Joseph Perreira, minors, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Sidney G. BURNS, County of Maui, and State of Hawaii, Defendants-Appellees, and John Does 1-10, Defendants.

Intermediate Court of Appeals of Hawaii.

May 5, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Geiger (Richard L. Rost and Al Albrechtson on the briefs; Richard L. Rost, A Law Corp., of counsel), Wailuku, for plaintiff-appellant.

Norma DeSantis Titcomb (Laurence K. Lau with her on the brief), Deputy Attys. Gen., Honolulu, for defendant-appellee State of Hawaii.

Peter A. Rader, Deputy Corp. Counsel, Wailuku, for defendant-appellee County of Maui.

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


TANAKA, Judge.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment granted to defendants-appellees State of Hawaii (State) and County of Maui (County) in a wrongful death action arising from an automobile accident. Plaintiff-appellant Catherine Cordeiro (Appellant), as personal representative of the estate of decedent William J. Perreira (Perreira) and as prochein ami of decedent's minor children, William Perreira, Jr. and Joseph Perreira, contends that the lower court...

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