Aga v. Hundahl

NAKAYAMA, Justice.

This appeal arises out of a medical malpractice jury trial in which appellee/cross-appellant, Scott Hundahl, M.D., (Appellee) was found negligent but not a legal cause of Nancy Aga’s (Nancy) death. Appellants/cross-appellees, Nancy’s husband—Uria Howard Aga (Howard)—and her four children, Galutau Ierome Aga, Manhart Penina Aga, Paulo Tamatane Aga and Jacob Howard Aga (including Howard, collectively Appellants), appeal the jury’s verdict, contending that: (1) the trial court erroneously used the term “legal cause” instead of “substantial factor” in the jury instruction on…