You Goo Ho v. Yee

*290OPINION OF THE COURT BY

STAINBACK, J.

This is an action for malpractice against two physicians, Dr. Samuel L. Yee and Dr. Edmund T. K. Ing. The jury returned a verdict in favor of defendant Dr. Yee and against defendant Dr. Ing, awarding damages against the latter in the sum of $11,000. From this verdict and judgment Dr. Ing takes an appeal to this court. An appeal was also taken by the plaintiff from the verdict in favor of Dr. Yee but was dismissed by this court because it was not timely. (You Goo Ho v. Yee, 42 Haw. 229.)

Plaintiff is an elderly Chinese woman who had been treated for a numbet…