Kim Ex Rel. Sur v. State

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

NAKAMURA, J.

Plaintiff-Appellant James A. Kim appeals from a judgment in favor of Defendant-Appellee State of Hawaii in a negligence action brought under the State Tort Liability Act, HRS Chapter 662.. Having examined the record and considered the questions presented but having found no error, we affirm the judgment.

Plaintiff’s complaint alleged the State was negligent because it failed to institute adequate measures to protect him from a fellow student’s violent attack it should have known was likely to occur. At the close of plaintiff’s case in a bench trial, defendant…