STEIGMAN v. OUTRIGGER ENTERPRISES, INC.

No. SCWC-28473.

267 P.3d 1238 (2011)

126 Haw. 133

Michele R. STEIGMAN, Petitioner-Plaintiff-Appellant, v. OUTRIGGER ENTERPRISES, INC., dba Ohana Surf Hotel, Respondent-Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Hawai`i.

December 15, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Janice P. Kim , for petitioner-plaintiff-appellant.

Dennis E.W. O'Connor and Michael J. McGuigan of O'Connor Playdon & Guben, LLP, for respondent-defendant-appellee.

Arthur Y. Park and John C. McLaren , for Amicus Curiae Hawai`i Association for Justice.

RECKTENWALD, C.J., NAKAYAMA and DUFFY, JJ., and Circuit Judge WILSON, Assigned by Reason of Vacancy; and ACOBA, J., concurring separately.


Opinion of the Court by NAKAYAMA, J.

Petitioner-Plaintiff-Appellant Michele R. Steigman brought this tort action to recover damages after suffering a slip-and-fall accident while she was a guest of Respondent-Defendant-Appellee Outrigger Enterprises' Ohana Surf Hotel. The case went to trial, and a jury found that Outrigger was not negligent.1 Steigman's appeal to the Intermediate Court of Appeals ("ICA") resulted in a Summary Disposition...

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