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· 9/30/1980

Brown v. Clark Equipment Co.

Citations

  • 618 P.2d 267
  • 62 Haw. 530
  • 1980 Haw. LEXIS 183

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • recognizing section 302A, although trial court’s refusal to give jury instruction reciting section 302A was proper because instruction was ultimately unnecessary
  • finding safety data, codes or standards promulgated by voluntary industry organizations “admissible as evidence on the issue of negligence” and “as an alternative to or utilized to buttress expert testimony”
  • \ Rohlfing ... established the rule that recovery for pain and suffering depended on the existence of conscious pain and suffering .\
  • evidence of safety codes is “admissible as an alternative to or utilized to buttress expert testimony”
  • evidence of safety codes is \admissible as an alternative to or utilized to buttress expert testimony\
  • expert testimony unnecessary where the issues are within the common knowledge of the jurors

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Richardson, Ogata, Menor, Kobayashi, Shintaku, Place, Kidwell

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