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CUC THI NGO v. QUEEN'S MEDICAL CENTER

No. SCWC-30172.

358 P.3d 26 (2015)

136 Haw. 54

CUC THI NGO, Angelo Nguyen, Anthony Nguyen, An Van Nguyen, and Leo Young, esq., in his capacity as Personal Representative of the Estate of Jennifer Giao Nguyen, Deceased, Petitioners/Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The QUEEN'S MEDICAL CENTER, a Hawai`i Domestic Nonprofit Corporation; Thinh T. Nguyen, M.D.; The Emergency Group, Inc., a Hawai`i Domestic Professional Corporation, Respondents/Defendants-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Hawai`i.

As Corrected September 1, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John S. Edmunds , Ronald J. Verga , and Joy S. Omonaka , Honolulu, for petitioner Leo Young, in his capacity as Personal Representative of the Estate of Jennifer Giao Nguyen, Deceased, and Michael J.Y. Wong, for petitioners Cuc Thi Ngo, Angelo Nguyen, Anthony Nguyen, and An Van Nguyen.

John Reyes-Burke , Honolulu, for respondent Thinh T. Nguyen, M.D., and the Emergency Group, Inc.

RECKTENWALD, C.J., NAKAYAMA, McKENNA, and POLLACK, JJ., and Circuit Judge AYABE, assigned by reason of vacancy.

I. Introduction

This case arises from the death of a nine-year-old minor child ("Minor") from cardiac arrest caused by hypovolemic shock, a condition that results when "severe blood and fluid loss make the heart unable to pump enough blood" through the body. Ngo v. Queen's Med. Ctr., No. 30172...

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