Naki v. Hawaiian Electric Co.

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

LEVINSON, J.

The trial court, sitting without a jury, held the defendant, Hawaiian Electric Co., Ltd., liable for injuries the plaintiff, Mrs. Thelma Naki, sustained when she came in contact with her copper radio antenna wire, energized as a result of resting on a bare spot on her electric wires. The trial court found the defendant negligent on three grounds: its trouble shooter failed to inspect the plaintiff’s premises properly and thereby to discover the dangerous condition which resulted in the plaintiff’s injury; he failed to warn the plaintiff of the dangers which…