Legal Opinion

Molinar v. Schweizer

Hawaii Supreme Court

Decided May 11, 2001No. 22091PublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion of the Court by

MOON, C.J.

Plaintiff-appellant Marian Molinar appeals the First Circuit Court’s November 5, 1998 final amended judgment awarding her a total of $55,054.09, which includes an award of prejudgment interest, in a slip-and-fall case against defendant-appellee Nieklaus Schweizer. Specifically, Molinar claims that the trial court erred by: (1) concluding that she was not a prevailing party at trial, following the parties’ involvement in the Court-Annexed Arbitration Program (CAAP); (2) awarding Schweizer, and not Molinar, trial costs as the prevailing party; and (3) denying…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. West Virginia v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  2. Kawamata Farms, Inc. v. United Agri ProductsHawaii Supreme Court · 1997
  3. Kealoha v. County of HawaiiHawaii Supreme Court · 1993
  4. Food Pantry, Ltd. v. Waikiki Business Plaza, Inc.Hawaii Supreme Court · 1978
  5. Baez v. United States Department of JusticeCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1982

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3Cited by25 opinions

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