MEDEIROS v. CHOY

SCWC-13-0003500.

418 P.3d 574 (2018)

Samantha Theresalyn MEDEIROS, Respondent/Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Bradley Kong CHOY, Petitioner/Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Hawai`i.

April 26, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Tsuchiyama , Honolulu, for petitioner.

Derek S. Nakamura , Honolulu, for respondent.

McKENNA, POLLACK, AND WILSON, JJ., WITH NAKAYAMA, J., DISSENTING, WITH WHOM RECKTENWALD, C.J., JOINS.


In this case, which arises out of a 2007 car collision, the circuit court refused the plaintiff's request to instruct the jury that the plaintiff's motives in pursuing the suit were immaterial to the merits of the negligence claim. In closing argument, the defendant argued at length that the plaintiff had lied...

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