Pulawa v. GTE Hawaiian Tel

Opinion of the Court by

MOON, C. J.

Plaintiffs-appellants Benjamin Pulawa, III (Pulawa) and Danelle Pulawa, individually and as Prochein Ami for Darcie Pulawa and Benjamin Pulawa, IV [hereinafter, collectively, the plaintiffs or the Pulawas],1 initiated the instant action for negligence arising out of an incident in which Pulawa, a construction superintendent, was seriously injured as a result of being struck in the head by a hardened bag of cement that was propelled into the ah' during the course of excavation work. The plaintiffs alleged that defendants-appellees E.E. Black, an excavation and…