Dannenberg v. State

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

LEONARD, ACTING C.J.

This class action suit concerns the health benefits provided by the State of Hawai'i, the City and County of Honolulu, and the Counties of Kaua'i, Maui, and Hawai'i, to the following class members:

All employees (and their dependent-beneficiaries) who began working for the Territory of Hawai'i, the State of Hawai'i or the political subdivisions thereof, before July 1, *422003, and who have accrued or will accrue a right to post-retirement health benefits as a retiree or dependent-beneficiary of such a retiree. This includes: (a) those who have not yet…