Pickering v. State

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

MENOR, J.

This is an appeal by the plaintiffs-appellants from an order granting summary judgment in favor of the defendant State of Hawaii. The State had been made a party defendant in a suit for damages arising from the death of Clifford Pickering in a motor vehicle collision on Kalanianaole Highway on April 17,1971. The other defendants were Saul C. Keliikoa, a minor and the driver of the automobile which struck Pickering’s car, and his parents. The action was initiated in circuit court on behalf of Mr. Pickering’s estate, his widow, and his children.

Defendant Saul C.…