KAWAMATA FARMS v. UNITED AGRI PRODUCTS

No. 19201.

948 P.2d 1055 (1997)

86 Hawai`i 214

KAWAMATA FARMS, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. UNITED AGRI PRODUCTS, Loveland Industries, Inc., dba United Agri Products (Hawaii); Reginald Hasegawa, E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Company, a Delaware corporation; Terra International, Inc., a Delaware corporation; Platte Chemical Co., a Nebraska corporation; Bartlo Packaging, a New Jersey corporation, Defendants-Appellants. Stanley T. TOMONO and Cynthia T. Tomono dba S.T.T. Farms, Plaintiffs-Appellees-Counter-Defendants-Counter-Appellees, v. E.I. DuPONT DE NEMOURS & COMPANY, a Delaware corporation; Terra International, Inc., a Delaware corporation; Platte Chemical Co., a Nebraska corporation; Bartlo Packaging, Incorporated, a New Jersey corporation; Loveland Industries, Inc., dba in Hawai`i as Loveland Industries, Inc., United Agri Products Hawaii, Reginald Hasegawa, Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Defendants-Cross-Appellees, and Kristofer Knutsen; Inger-Lise Knutsen; Bernard H.F. Chun; Marion Bush, Trustee of the Marion Pualani Keliikipi Bush Trust, Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Claimants-Cross-Appellants-Counter-Claimants-Counter-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Hawai`i.

December 11, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward W. Warren, Christopher Landau, Washington, DC, and James Gash, Los Angeles, CA, of Kirkland & Ellis, for appellants E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company, Inc. and Bartlo Packaging Incorporated.

John R. Lacy, Lisa W. Munger and Bruce L. Lamon of Goodsill Anderson Quinn & Stifel, Honolulu, for appellants E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company, Inc. and Bartlo Packaging Incorporated.

John S. Nishimoto and Calvin Young of Ayabe, Chong, Nishimoto, Sia & Nakamura, Honolulu, for appellants United Agri Products, Loveland Industries, Inc., United Agri Products (Hawaii), Reginald Hasegawa, and Platte Chemical Co.

William A. Bordner and David Gruebner of Burke Sakai McPheeters & Bordner, Honolulu, for appellant Terra International, Inc.

Stanley H. Roehrig, Andrew P. Wilson, Stephen T. Cox and Kris A. LaGuire of Roehrig, Roehrig, Wilson & Hara, Hilo, and Peter Van Name Esser, Honolulu, for appellees Kawamata Farms, Inc., Stanley T. Tomono and Cynthia T. Tomono dba S.T.T. Farms.

Stephen D. Whittaker and David W. Lacy of The Law Offices of Stephen D. Whittaker, Kailua Kona, for cross-appellants Kristofer Knutsen, Inger-Lise Knutsen, Bernard H.F. Chun, and Marion Bush, Trustee.

Before MOON, C.J., and KLEIN, LEVINSON, NAKAYAMA and RAMIL, JJ.


NAKAYAMA, Justice.

In this products liability lawsuit, defendants-appellants-cross-defendants-cross-appellees E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company, Terra International, Inc., Platte Chemical Co., Bartlo Packaging, Inc., United Agri Products, Loveland Industries, Inc., United Agri Products (Hawaii), and Reginald Hasegawa appeal from a judgment awarding plaintiffs-appellees Kawamata Farms, Inc. and plaintiffs-appellees-counter-defendants-counter-appellees Stanley T. Tomono...

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