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WHITTINGTON v. STATE

No. 14638.

806 P.2d 957 (1991)

Shane WHITTINGTON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. STATE of Hawaii, Defendant-Appellee, and John Does 1-100, Defendants.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

March 8, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles J. Ferrera, Honolulu, on the briefs for plaintiff-appellant.

Norma Desantis Titcomb and Wesley F. Fong, Deputy Attys. Gen., Dept. of the Atty. Gen., Honolulu, on the brief for defendant-appellee.

James Krueger and Peter T. Cahill, Wailuku, Maui, on the amici curiae brief, for Ass'n of Trial Lawyers of America and Hawaii Academy of Plaintiffs' Attys.

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

PADGETT, Judge.

This is an appeal from a dismissal of an action against the State for negligence. The action was brought under HRS Chapter 662. HRS § 662-4 provides:

A tort claim against the State shall be forever barred unless action is begun within two years after the claim accrues, except in the case of a medical tort claim when the limitation of action provisions set forth in section 657-7.3 shall apply.

Our State Tort Liability Act, which...

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