Ono v. Applegate

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

OGATA, J.

H. Jon Applegate, doing business as the Sand Trap, a defendant in the actions below, has appealed the decision of the Second Circuit Court in favor of appellee Masaichi Ono, one of the plaintiffs below.

On May 19,1973, Samantha Scritchfield was the driver of a car wbich collided head-on with a car containing Thomas Tagawa, James Tagawa, and Masaichi Ono in Lahaina, Maui. James Tagawa and Masaichi Ono sustained serious bodily injuries due to the accident. Thomas Tagawa, Samantha Scritchfield, and Jose Montez, a passenger in the Scritchfield vehicle, were killed…