1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. P.2d
  4. 811 P.2d
  5. 811 P.2d 478 (1991)
 

KEOMAKA v. ZAKAIB

No. 14174.

811 P.2d 478 (1991)

Richard KEOMAKA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. George ZAKAIB, M.D., Defendant-Appellee.

Intermediate Court of Appeals of Hawaii.

May 14, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Dennis E.W. O'Connor (Kelvin H. Kaneshiro with him on the brief; Reinwald, O'Connor, Marrack, Hoskins & Playdon, of counsel), Honolulu, for defendant-appellee.

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

TANAKA, Judge.

This is a medical tort case arising from plaintiff Richard Keomaka's (Keomaka) claim that defendant George Zakaib, M.D. (Dr. Zakaib), was professionally negligent in rendering a surgical procedure without Keomaka's informed consent. The jury found that Dr. Zakaib was negligent, but that the negligence was not "the legal cause" of the harm and damages suffered by Keomaka. Keomaka appeals the judgment entered...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases