Fukida v. Hon/Hawaii Service and Repair

Opinion of the Court by

LEVINSON, J.

We granted the plaintiff-appellee-petitioner Jerry Fukida’s application for a writ of certiorari, which urges this court to review the published opinion of the Intermediate Court of Appeals (ICA) in Fukida v. Hon/Hawaii Service and Repair, 97 Haw. 47, 33 P.3d 543 (Haw.Ct.App.2001) [hereinafter, the “ICA’s opinion”]. 1 The ICA’s opinion vacated in part and affirmed in part the amended judgment of the district court of the first circuit, the Honorable Steven M. Nakashima presiding, in favor of Fukida and against the defendants-appellants-respondents Hon/Hawaii…