O'Grady v. State.

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

POLLACK, J.

This case concerns a negligence action against the State of Hawaii and the State of Hawaii Department of Transportation (collectively, the “State”) involving a rockfall and related ear accident on a state highway. The Circuit Court of the Third Circuit (the “circuit court”) determined that, although the State breached a duty of care owed to the plaintiffs, the State was not liable because the plaintiffs failed to prove legal causation. The issues presented on appeal are whether the circuit court erred in holding that the State’s breach of its duty of care was…