Arquette v. State.

Opinion of the Court by

ACOBA, J.

We hold, first, that a plaintiff may bring an action in tort for the maintenance of a malicious prosecution as well as for the initiation of a malicious prosecution. Second, we hold that the Circuit Court of the First Circuit (the court) 1 properly granted the December 24, 2009 motion for summary judgment filed by Respondents/Defendants-Appel-lees/Cross-Appellants State of Hawaii (the State), Stephen H. Levins (Levins), and Michael J.S. Moriyama (Moriyama) (collectively, Respondents) with respect to the claim of Petitioner/Plaintiff-AppellanVCross-Appellee…