Del Rio Ex Rel. Del Rio v. Crake

MOON, Chief Justice.

On July 17, 1997, the circuit court of the second circuit entered a written order granting defendant-appellee Sandra Crake’s motion for summary judgment against plaintiff-appellant Montana G. Del Rio, a minor, by her guardian ad litem, Humberto Del Rio. Del Rio appeals, contending that the circuit court erred in ruling that, because Del Rio did not meet any of the tort threshold exceptions 1 enumerated in Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § 431:10C-306(b) (1993) 2 , she was precluded from bringing suit in tort against the allegedly negligent Crake, notwithstanding that Del Rio…