Vieau v. City and County of Honolulu

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

TANAKA, J.

This is a personal injury action. Defendants City and County of Honolulu (the City) and Erasmo Fiesta (Fiesta) appeal from the judgment in favor of plaintiff Leon Vieau based on a special jury verdict.

The basic issue is whether the answers given by the jury on a special verdict form were inconsistent and conflicting and, therefore, warranted a new trial or remittitur. We answer no, and affirm.

On April 30, 1977, plaintiff accompanied his friend, Vernon Correa, on the latter’s pickup truck to a landfill maintained by the City and known as the Kailua dump. At the…