Higa v. Mirikitani

517 P.2d 1 (1973)

Mitsuru HIGA, Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

Percy K. MIRIKITANI, Defendant-Appellee, and

David E. Namaka, Defendant.

No. 5363.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

December 11, 1973.

Rehearing Denied December 27, 1973.

Paul Maki, Honolulu, for plaintiff-appellant.

Arthur S.K. Fong, Honolulu, for defendant-appellee.

Before RICHARDSON, C.J., and MARUMOTO, ABE, LEVINSON and KOBAYASHI, JJ.

LEVINSON, Justice.

On January 1, 1964, the plaintiff-appellant sustained bodily injuries in an automobile accident allegedly caused by the negligence of Yoshiro Kuroki, the driver of the car in which the plaintiff was a…