CRAFT v. PEEBLES

No. 16577.

893 P.2d 138 (1995)

78 Hawai`i 287

Teena A. CRAFT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Lawrence A. PEEBLES, M.D., Lawrence A. Peebles, M.D., Inc., Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, McGhan Medical Corporation (a Delaware corporation), and McGhan Medical Corporation (a California corporation), Defendants-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Hawai`i.

April 11, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Van Name Esser of Peterson & Esser, Honolulu, for plaintiff-appellant.

John S. Nishimoto (Ronald D. Libkuman and Diane W. Wong of Libkuman, Ventura, Ayabe, Chong & Nishimoto, with him on the brief), Honolulu, for defendants-appellees Lawrence A. Peebles, M.D. and Lawrence A. Peebles, M.D., Inc.

David J. Dezzani (Margaret C. Jenkins and Sara Shirin Razani of Goodsill Anderson Quinn & Stifel, with him on the brief), Honolulu, for defendants-appellees Minnesota Min. and Mfg., Co. and McGahn Medical Corp.

Before MOON, C.J., and KLEIN, NAKAYAMA and RAMIL, JJ., and TOWN, Circuit Judge, in place of LEVINSON, J., recused.


MOON, Chief Justice.

Plaintiff-appellant Teena A. Craft appeals from the judgment entered pursuant to special verdict following a jury trial in the Third Circuit Court. In her action for personal injuries associated with breast prostheses she had surgically implanted into her body, Craft alleged: (1) negligence and lack of informed consent against defendant-appellee Lawrence Peebles, M.D. (Dr. Peebles); and (2) negligence, strict products liability, and breach of...

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