SATO v. TAWATA

No. 16388.

897 P.2d 941 (1995)

79 Hawai`i 14

Russell SATO and Shelley I. Sato, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Stephanie TAWATA, John Does 1-10, Jane Does 1-10, Doe Partnerships 1-10, Doe Corporations 1-10, Roe "Non-Profit" Corporations 1-10, and Roe Governmental Entities 1-10, Defendants-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Hawai`i.

May 19, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond J. Tam, Henry N. Kitamura and Peter B. Carlisle of Shim, Tam, Kirimitsu & Chang, on the briefs, Honolulu, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Melvyn M. Miyagi and V. Nicole Bynum of Reid, Richards & Miyagi, on the briefs, Honolulu, for defendant-appellee Stephanie Tawata.

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


MOON, Chief Justice.

Plaintiffs-appellants Russell Sato (Sato) and Shelley I. Sato [hereinafter collectively, appellants] appeal from the judgment entered pursuant to special verdict following a jury trial. Briefly, the facts indicate that Sato was injured in an automobile accident when a car, driven by defendant-appellee Stephanie Tawata, collided into a Love's Bakery truck driven by Sato. At trial, Tawata was allowed to introduce, over appellants' objection, evidence...

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