OMORI v. JOWA HAWAI`I CO., LTD.

No. 21007.

981 P.2d 703 (1999)

91 Hawai`i 146

Kathleen M. OMORI, Individually and as Next Friend of Matthew W. Omori, a minor, Respondent-Appellant, v. JOWA HAWAI`I CO., LTD. dba The Ilikai, Petitioner-Appellee, and Doe Defendants 1-20, Defendants.

Supreme Court of Hawai`i.

May 26, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur R. Roeca and Kari A. Wilhelm (of Roeca Louie & Hiraoka), Honolulu, on the writ, for petitioner-appellee.

Mitchell S. Wong (of David C. Schutter Associates), Honolulu, on the answer, for respondent-appellant.

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


Opinion of the Court by MOON, C.J.

We granted certiorari for the sole purpose of clarifying what we believe may not be clear from the opinion of the Intermediate Court of Appeals (ICA) in Omori v. Jowa Hawaii Co., Ltd., 91 Haw. 157, 981 P.2d 714 (1999) [hereinafter, Omori]. In Omori, the ICA addressed the issue whether Hawai`i Revised Statutes (HRS) § 386-5 (1993), the exclusive...

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