Harris v. State

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

HAYASHI, C.J.

This is an appeal from the judgment in favor of Defendant-Appellee State of Hawaii in a negligence action brought by a resident-patient of the Waipa Ward at Kaneohe State Hospital for injuries suffered on the premises on two separate occasions.

At issue is (1) whether the State can be held liable in a negligence action for injuries suffered on its premises without its having been put on notice of the alleged dangerous conditions and (2) whether the findings of fact entered by the trial court are so clearly erroneous as to warrant reversal.

Mary Harris was…