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KAMAU & CUSHNIE v. HAWAII COUNTY

NOS. 3030, 3031.

41 Haw. 527 (1957)

ESTHER KEAKAOKALANI KAMAU, BY HER GUARDIAN AND NEXT FRIEND, JOSEPHINE KAMAU LOVELL v. COUNTY OF HAWAII. DONNA JANE CUSHNIE, A MINOR, BY HER GUARDIAN AD LITEM, MARY CUSHNIE v. COUNTY OF HAWAII.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

Decided January 24, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin Pence (also on the brief) for appellee in Case No. 3030 and for appellant in Case No. 3031.

Yoshito Tanaka, County Attorney, Hawaii County, Territory of Hawaii (also on the briefs), for appellant in Case No. 3030 and for appellee in Case No. 3031.

RICE, C.J., STAINBACK AND MARUMOTO, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT BY STAINBACK, J.

These two cases, numbers 3030 and 3031, were consolidated for argument as both involve a single question of immunity or liability of the County of Hawaii for the negligence of its employees.

In case number 3030 the plaintiff-appellee filed a complaint by her guardian and next friend in the third circuit court of the Territory of Hawaii alleging that the County of Hawaii, a municipal...

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