Wright v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.

ACOBA, Judge.

We hold that a claim for motor vehicle no-fault insurance benefits made but unresolved before the end of the two-year period following the last payment of no-fault benefits tolls the Hawai'i Revised Statutes (HRS) § 294-36(a)(2) (1985) 1 statute of limitations as it applies to HRS § 294-32 (1985) 2 demands for arbitration of disputed no-fault claims. Therefore, we vacate the June 7, 1995 order and August 11, 1995 judgment of the first circuit court (the court) which granted the motion of Respondent-Appellee State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (State Farm) to dismiss…