Eto v. Muranaka

Opinion of the Court by

ACOBA, J.

We hold that an alleged tortfeasor not found in Hawai'i, who is a citizen and resi dent of Japan, was amenable to service under Hawai'i Revised Statutes (HRS) §§ 634-35 (1993) and 634-36 (1993), and the Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters [hereinafter Hague Convention]. In the instant case, Defendant-Appellee Ryu Muranaka (Defendant) was amenable to service under HRS §§ 634-35 and 634-36 and under the Hague Convention, when that treaty applied. However, (1) the first complaint of…