United States v. Allstate Insurance

740 P.2d 550 (1987)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

No. 11441.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

July 30, 1987.

Mark J. Bennett, Asst U.S. Atty., Honolulu, Hawaii, for plaintiff-appellant.

Richard C. Sutton, Jr. (G. Richard Morry with him on the brief, Rush, Moore, Craven, Kim & Stricklin, of counsel), Honolulu, Hawaii, for defendant-appellee.

Before LUM, C.J., and NAKAMURA, PADGETT, HAYASHI and WAKATSUKI, JJ.

NAKAMURA, Justice.

We are asked to answer "a question of Hawaii state law determinative of a cause of action pending before the United…