State Farm Mutual Auto Insurance Co. v. Murata

The defendant-appellant Jane Murata (formerly known as Jane Oishi) appeals from the final judgment of the first circuit court, filed on February 20, 1997 and entered in favor of the plaintiff-appellee State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (State Farm) and against Murata, further to the circuit court’s order granting State Farm’s motion for summary judgment, filed on December 17, 1996, on State Farm’s complaint for a judgment declaring that the statute of limitations, as set forth in Hawai'i Revised Statutes (HRS) § 294-36 (1985), 1 governing Murata’s claim for uninsured motorist (UM)…