Steven MASAKI, Frank Masaki, and Sumiye Masaki, Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION and Servco Pacific, Inc., Defendants-Appellants, and
Does 1-10, Doe Corporations 2-10, Doe Partnerships 1-10; and Doe Governmental Entities 1-10, Defendants.
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September 20, 1989.
September 20, 1989.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
David M. Heilbron, San Francisco, Cal., Pro Hac Vice (Donald H. Dawson, Jr., Detroit, Mich., with him, on the briefs), for General Motors Corp.
Burnham H. Greeley and Kathleen A. Clark, of counsel (Greeley, Walker & Kowen, Honolulu, with him, on the briefs), for General Motors Corp. and Servco Pacific, Inc.
Howard Glickstein (Michael I. Stern, of counsel, Schutter and Glickstein, and Sherman S. Hee, Honolulu, with him, on the brief), for Steven Masaki, Frank Masaki, and Sumiye Masaki.
Kenneth S. Geller, Pro Hac Vice, James D. Holzhauer, Chicago, Ill., Pro Hac Vice, and Michael C. Webb, Honolulu, for amici curiae Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc. and Motor Vehicle Mfrs. Assoc. of the U.S., Inc.
Geoffrey C. Hazard, Jr., New Haven, Conn., Pro Hac Vice, and Kevin S.C. Chang, Honolulu, for amicus curiae Hawaii Auto. Dealers' Assoc.
Jeffrey S. Portnoy and Phillip A. Li, Honolulu, for amicus curiae Hawaii Hotel Assoc.
John M. McGuire, David J. Dezzani, and Gary M. Slovin, Honolulu, for amici curiae The Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii, Mfrs. Assoc. of Hawaii, and Retail Merchants of Hawaii.
Bill Wagner, Tampa, Fla., Jeffrey R. White, Washington, D.C., and Mark S. Davis, Honolulu, for amicus curiae Assoc. of Trial Lawyers of America.
Jan M. Weinberg, Roy J. Bell, III, and Douglas T. Moore, Honolulu, for amicus curiae The Hawaii Academy of Plaintiffs' Attorneys.
Before LUM, C.J., and NAKAMURA, PADGETT, HAYASHI and WAKATSUKI, JJ.
Supreme Court of Hawaii.
LUM, Chief Justice.
In this products liability case, Defendants-Appellants General Motors Corporation (GM) and Servco Pacific, Inc. (Servco) appeal a trial court judgment in favor of Plaintiffs-Appellees Steven Masaki, and his parents Frank and Sumiye Masaki. Steven was severely injured when he was run over by a GM van which Appellees claimed "self-shifted" into reverse gear due to a product defect. A jury found that the...
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