Haworth v. State

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

BURNS, C.J.

Plaintiff-Appellant Robert E. Haworth (Haworth) appeals the judgment in favor of defendant-appellee State of Hawaii (State). The issue is whether the trial court erred in deciding that the State did not breach its duty with respect to the issuance of work instructions to Haworth and in supervising his performance. We affirm.

Haworth was a prisoner at the State’s Olinda Honor Camp, Maui, Hawaii. He and four other inmates were issued steel helmets and assigned to “chip” and “shave” loose boulders and rocks from cliffs adjacent to and rising above unpaved…