Thompson v. Kyo-Ya Co., Ltd.

Concurring Opinion by

ACOBA, J.,

with whom DUFFY, J. joins.

I concur in the result only on the grounds that (1) Crichfield v. Grand Wailea, 93 Hawai'i 477, 6 P.3d 349 (2000), relied on by the parties on appeal, is inapposite where the liability of an access owner such as Defendant-Appellee Kyo-Ya Company, Ltd. dba Sheraton-Maui Hotel (Sheraton) under Hawaii Revised Statutes chapter 520, the Hawaii Recreational Use Statute (HRUS), is involved, (2) the majority’s dependence on Hafford v. Great N. Nekoosa Corp., 687 A.2d 967 (Me.1996), and the recreational use statute of Maine is wrong, and (3) the…