Jou v. Argonaut Insurance Company.

Opinion of the Court by

POLLACK, J.

The sole issue in this case is whether Petitioner Emerson M.F. Jou, M.D. (Jou) is eligible to be awarded appellate costs. Jou filed separate appeals to the Intermediate Court of Appeals (ICA) regarding two orders of the Circuit Court of the First Circuit (circuit court) that had granted motions in favor of Respondent Hawaii Employers Medical Insurance Company (HEMIC). The ICA vacated one order, but denied Jou’s request for costs related to the appeal of that order, relying on Hawaiian Ass’n of Seventh-Day Adventists v. Wong, 130 Hawai'i 36, 305 P.3d 452…