Allstate Insurance Co. v. Schmidt

Opinion of the Court by

DUFFY, J.

Appellants-appellants Allstate Insurance Company and Allstate Indemnity Company [hereinafter collectively, Allstate] appeal from the judgment of the first circuit court, the Honorable Eden Elizabeth Hifo presiding, in favor of appellee-appellee J.P. Schmidt, Insurance Commissioner, Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, State of Hawaii (the Commissioner). Specifically, Allstate appeals from the circuit court’s final judgment, filed on May 8, 2000, affirming the Commissioner’s October 15, 1999 final order.

This appeal involves the interpretation of Hawaii…