Castro v. Melchor

Opinion of the Court by

LEONARD, J.

Defendants-Appellants Leroy Melchor (Melchor), Wanna Bhalang (Bhalang), Tomi Bradley (Bradley), the State of Hawaii, and the Hawaii Department of Public Safety (DPS) (collectively, the State), appeal from the Circuit Court of the First Circuit’s (Circuit Court’s) Judgment Pursuant to Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and Order (Judgment) filed on July 31, 2012, and challenge the Circuit Court’s Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law and Order filed May 14, 2012 (FOFs COLs and Order),1

This wrongful death action arose out of the allegedly inadequate medical…