Chainey v. Jensen

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

PADGETT, J.

This is an appeal from a judgment entered in the court below in favor of the defendants-appellees. The issue is whether in a comparative negligence case it was error to refuse to give two specific instructions to the jury. We affirm.

On the evening of October 24, 1972, Appellee Jeffrey Jensen, Appellant Paul Chainey and others, all minors, were drinking beer on the grounds of the Kilohana Church on Mahimahi Street in Honolulu. Appellee, with two others, got into his car, proceeded Kokohead on Mahimahi Street and made a U-turn. Appellant walked into Mahimahi…