Wong-Leong v. Hawaiian Independent Refinery, Inc.

KLEIN, Justice.

Plaintiff-Appellee/Appellant Beatrice Wong-Leong 1 and Plaintiff-Appellant/Ap-pellee Brian Sugimoto 2 (collectively Appellants) appeal the circuit court’s order granting Defendant-Appellee Hawaiian Independent Refinery, Inc.’s (HIRI) motion to dismiss or in the alternative for summary judgment. 3 Wong-Leong and Sugimoto brought separate actions against HIRI alleging that HIRI was liable for the deaths caused by the drunk driving of one of its employees, Joshua Rellamas. HIRI consolidated the actions, and then obtained summary judgment on all claims, asserting that (1) as a…