UDAC v. TAKATA CORP.

No. 28328.

214 P.3d 1133 (2009)

Dason UDAC and Gwendolyn N. Udac, Trustee for the Alfredo Udac Revocable Living Trust, Plaintiffs-Appellees/Cross-Appellants, v. TAKATA CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant/Cross-Appellee, and Hawaii Motors, Inc.; John Does 1-10; Jane Does 1-10; Doe Corporations 1-10; Doe Partnerships 1-10; Doe Entities 1-10; Roe "Non-Profit" Corporations 1-10; and Doe Governmental Agencies 1-10, Defendants-Appellees.

Intermediate Court of Appeals of Hawai`i.

August 19, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth K. Fukunaga (Lois H. Yamaguchi with him on the briefs) of Fukunaga Matayoshi Hershey & Ching, LLP, Honolulu, and Kenneth S. Geller of Mayer Brown LLP (admitted pro hac vice), Washington, DC, for Defendant-Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

Jeffrey L. Fisher (admitted pro hac vice) of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Seattle, WA, (Steven K. Hisaka and Gail Y. Cosgrove of Hisaka Yoshida & Cosgrove, Honolulu, and Dwayne S. Lerma and Jo Anne E. Goya of Lerma & Goya, Hilo, on the briefs), for Plaintiffs-Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

John T. Komeiji and Gary S. Suganuma (Watanabe Ing & Komeiji LLP), Honolulu, on the brief for Amicus Curiae Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc.

Sarah O. Wang and Melanie Mito May (Marr Hipp Jones & Wang, LLLP), Honolulu, and Alan E. Untereiner (admitted pro hac vice) (Robbins Russell Englert Orseck & Untereiner LLP), Washington, DC, on the brief for Amicus Curiae Association of International Automobile Manufacturers and Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers.

WATANABE, Acting C.J., FOLEY and FUJISE, JJ.


Opinion of the Court by FOLEY, J.

Defendant-Appellant/Cross-Appellee Takata Corporation (hereinafter, Defendant or Takata) appeals from the Second Amended Judgment filed on November 28, 2006, in the Circuit Court of the Third Circuit (circuit court).1 Following a jury trial, the circuit court entered judgment in favor of:

(1) Plaintiff-Appellee/Cross-Appellant Dason Udac (Dason) and against Takata on Dason's claims for negligence...

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