Legal Opinion
Nozawa v. Operating Engineers Local Union No. 3.
Hawaii Supreme Court
Decided April 24, 2018No. SCWC-14-0000021PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RECKTENWALD, C.J., NAKAYAMA, McKENNA, POLLACK, AND WILSON, JJ.
OPINION OF THE COURT BY POLLACK, J.
This case involves a claim brought by an employee against her former employer for allegedly terminating her on the basis of her gender. The circuit court granted summary judgment in favor of the employer, striking a declaration submitted in opposition and also rejecting the employee's own declarations as uncorroborated, self-serving, and conclusory. We hold that Rule 56(e) of the Hawai'i Rules of Civil Procedure does not preclude an affidavit from being self-serving, nor does it require an…
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