Hawaii Carpenters' Trust Funds v. Aloe Development Corp.

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

NAKAMURA, J.

May the trustees of an employee benefit trust fund, in the course of an attempt to enforce the obligation of an employer to make fund contributions required under a collective bargaining agreement, claim a lien on real property that has been improved in part through labor performed by employee-beneficiaries pursuant to the agreement? We conclude the Circuit Court of the Second Circuit properly allowed Lienors-appellees Trustees of the Hawaii Carpenters’ Trust Funds (hereafter the Trustees) to have a lien for such purpose, pursuant to the Hawaii Mechanic’s…