Silva v. City and County of Honolulu

Opinion of the Court by

LEVINSON, J.

The plaintiffs-appellants Lorin and Carol Silva [hereinafter, collectively, “the Plaintiffs”] appeal from the first circuit court’s June 14, 2005 judgment, the Honorable Randal K.O. Lee presiding, in favor of the defendant-appellee City and County of Honolulu [hereinafter, “the County”] and against the Plaintiffs, effectively dismissing their complaint.

On appeal to this court, the Plaintiffs contend that: (1) Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § 663-3(b) (Supp.1997) 1 is the controlling statute of limitations in wrongful death actions against the County, not HRS…