Silva v. Oishi

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

RICHARDSON, C.J.

This case arose from a two-car collision on the highway between Kahului and Wailuku on the island of Maui. Plaintiff, Frank I. Silva, claimed damages for personal *130injuries proximately caused by tbe negligence of defendant, Sadao Oishi. Defendant denied that he had been negligent and also pleaded contributory negligence on the part of the plaintiff. Plaintiff responded that defendant had been grossly negligent; that defendant had violated Maui Traffic Code §10.9(1) (1965). prohibiting folloAving too closely; that the doctrine of last clear chance was…