Kometani v. Heath

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

RICHARDSON, C.J.

Plaintiffs, Mae, Marilyn, Susan and Michael Kometani, were injured in a two-car collision at the intersection of Kalanianaole Highway and Waa Street. Harold Kometani, Mae’s husband and the father of Marilyn, Susan and Michael, was the driver of the first car. He is not a party to this suit. Defendant, Guy Heath, was the driver of the second car.

The record shows that about 9:00 o’clock in the evening on January 7, 1962, the Kometani family left the Waialae Country Club and proceeded in the Koko Head (east) direction along Kalanianaole Highway to return to…