GUMP v. WALMART STORES, INC.

No. 21670.

5 P.3d 418 (1999)

93 Hawai`i 428

Linda GUMP, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. WALMART STORES, INC., a Delaware corporation, Defendant-Appellant, and KBRL, Inc., a Hawaii corporation, John Does 1-10, Jane Does 1-10, Doe Corporations, Partnerships, Governmental Units or Other Entities 1-20, Defendants.

Intermediate Court of Appeals of Hawai`i.

Certiorari Granted December 22, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wayne S. Sakamoto (Gallagher & Sakamoto) on the opening brief and Howard F. McPheeters and David Y. Suzuki (Burke, Sakai, McPheeters, Iwanaga & Estes) on the reply brief, Honolulu, for defendant-appellant.

Robert D.S. Kim (Kim & Powell), on the briefs, for plaintiff-appellee.

BURNS, C.J., WATANABE, and LIM, JJ.


Opinion of the Court by LIM, J.

Defendant-Appellant Walmart Stores Inc. (Wal-Mart1) appeals the April 23, 1998 judgment of the Circuit Court of the Third Circuit adjudging it liable to Plaintiff-Appellee Linda Gump (Gump) for $25,175.00 in damages, $8,585.00 in attorneys' fees and $1,413.22 in costs, and to the state judiciary for $4,213.04 in jury costs; Wal-Mart also appeals appurtenant pretrial and post-trial orders.

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