Chapman v. Brown

TAVARES, Chief Judge.

In this action plaintiff, Carol Lee Chapman, a then minor, by her mother, Ruby Chapman, as her guardian ad litem, joined with her parents, Cecil H. Chapman and Ruby Chapman, in suing the defendants, Charles E. Brown and Edith L. Brown, husband and wife, and Merle D. Chase and Helen Chase, husband and wife, for damages for injuries suffered by Carol caused by the burning of a hula skirt while Carol was wearing the same. It was claimed by plaintiffs that the hula skirt had been purchased by Mrs. Frances Leppard, an aunt by marriage of Carol, at a gift shop in Honolulu,…