KAHAN v. U.S.

No. 96-01168 BMK.

73 F.Supp.2d 1172 (1999)

Alex KAHAN and Nate Minc, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Hawaii.

April 27, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark F. Gallagher, Benjamin R.C. Ignacio, Law Offices of Ian L. Mattoch, Honolulu, Hawaii, for plaintiff.

Theodore G. Meeker, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Honolulu, Hawaii, for defendant.


FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

KURREN, United States Magistrate Judge.

Plaintiffs Alex Kahan and Nate Minc filed this Federal Tort Claims Act ("FTCA") action against defendant United States of America for damages for personal injuries they sustained when they were scalded by lava heated ocean water that washed over them at the point where a lava flow from the Kilauea Volcano enters the Pacific Ocean. The accident occurred in the Lae Apuki...

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