Kamaka v. Goodsill Anderson Quinn & Stifel

Opinion of the Court by

MOON, C. J.

Following a jury trial, plaintiff-appellant/cross-appellee Kitty Kamaka appeals— and defendant-appellee/cross-appellant Good-sill Anderson Quinn & Stifel (Goodsill) cross appeals—from the Circuit Court of the First Circuit’s 1 December 24, 2003 final judgment entered in favor of Goodsill and against Ka-maka in this wrongful termination case, as well as the December 24, 2003 order awarding attorneys’ fees and costs in favor of Goodsill. Briefly stated, Kamaka had been employed by Goodsill, a Honolulu law firm, as an associate attorney, since October 1994. On…