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LUCAS v. LIGGETT & MYERS TOB. CO.

No. 4495.

50 Haw. 477 (1968)

442 P.2d 460

MANUEL R. LUCAS, FRANK R. LUCAS, JOHN R. LUCAS, JR., FREDERICK VIERRA AND JOHN T. FREITAS, DOING BUSINESS AS SAVEMORE SUPERMARKET v. LIGGETT & MYERS TOBACCO COMPANY AND GEORGE IWAMOTO.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

June 26, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James P. Wohl (Robert E. Bethea with him on the briefs, Carlsmith, Carlsmith, Wichman & Case of counsel) for plaintiffs-appellants.

Alexander C. Marrack (J. Garner Anthony with him on the brief, Robertson, Castle & Anthony and Doi & Kanemitsu of counsel) for defendant-appellee Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company.

Kazuhisa Abe for defendant-appellee George Iwamoto, filed no brief and did not argue.

RICHARDSON, C.J., MIZUHA, MARUMOTO AND LEVINSON, JJ., AND CIRCUIT JUDGE FAIRBANKS IN PLACE OF ABE, J., DISQUALIFIED.

OPINION OF THE COURT BY MARUMOTO, J.

This is an appeal by plaintiffs from a circuit court judgment, entered pursuant to a jury verdict, dismissing their action as against defendant Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company on the merits, and adjudging defendant George Iwamoto liable to plaintiffs for the payment of compensatory damages in the sum of $23,578.45, plus costs of court.

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