ACOBA v. GENERAL TIRE, INC.

No. 19451.

986 P.2d 288 (1999)

92 Hawai`i 1

Shirley ACOBA, fka Shirley Romero, individually, and as Special Administrator of the Estate of Renato Romero and on behalf of Renalee S. Romero, a minor, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GENERAL TIRE, INC., an Ohio corporation, Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc., an Ohio corporation, Dillingham Construction Pacific, Ltd., a Hawai`i corporation, Rubber Master, a corporation, Defendants/Cross-Claim Plaintiffs/Cross-Claim Defendants-Appellees, Caterpillar, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Defendant/Cross-Claim Defendant-Appellee, John Does 2-10, John Doe Partnerships 2-10, John Doe Corporations 2-10, John Doe Government Entities 2-10, Defendants. Lorena Kashiwamura and Renato Romero, Jr., Plaintiffs, v. General Tire, Inc., an Ohio corporation, Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc., an Ohio corporation, Dillingham Construction Pacific, Ltd., a Hawai`i corporation, Rubber Master, a corporation, Defendants/Cross-Claim Plaintiffs/Cross-Claim Defendants-Appellees, Caterpillar, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Defendant/Cross-Claim Defendant-Appellee, John Does 2-10, John Doe Partnerships 2-10, John Doe Corporations 2-10, John Doe Government Entities 2-10, Defendants.

Supreme Court of Hawai`i.

October 20, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laureen L. Martin (Michael K. Tateishi and Shannon S. Okada, Wailuku, with her on the briefs), for plaintiff-appellant.

Deborah K. Wright (Keith D. Kirschbraun with her on the brief), Wailuku, for defendant-appellee Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc.

Elton John Bain (Paul M. Iguchi with him on the brief), Honolulu, for defendant-appellee Countrywide Industries, Inc.

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


Opinion of the Court by KLEIN, J.

This appeal arises out of a products liability action by plaintiff-appellant Shirley Acoba (Acoba), individually and as special administrator of the Estate of Renato Romero (Romero) and on behalf of their minor daughter, Renalee Romero (Renalee), against defendants-appellees General Tire, Inc. (General Tire), Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc. (Firestone), Dillingham Construction Pacific, Ltd. dba Hawaiian Bitumuls & Paving Co. (Dillingham...

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