First Insurance Co. of Hawai'i v. Lawrence

MOON, Chief Justice. ***

In this action for declaratory relief, plaintiff-appellant First Insurance Company of Hawai'i, Ltd. (First Insurance) sought a judicial determination of its duty to defend and indemnify defendants-appellees Frederick D. Lawrence, Sr., Carolyn A. Lawrence, and Frederick D. Lawrence, Jr. (collectively, the Lawrences) under an automobile and homeowner’s policy 1 for the claims made against them in an underlying wrongful death action, Christopher T.F.K. Smith, Sr. v. Frederick D. Lawrence, Jr., Civ. No. 88-2531-08, filed in the First Circuit Court by defendants-appellees…