Legal Opinion
McCarthy v. Yempuku
Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals
Decided February 21, 1984No. 9199; CIVIL NO. 70547PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT BY
TANAKA, J.
Plaintiffs Michael F. McCarthy (McCarthy) and Curtis J. Bernhardt (Bernhardt) (collectively Appellants) appeal the summary judgment in favor of defendants Roy Y. Yempuku (Yempuku) and Shackley F. Raffetto (Raffetto) (collectively Appellees), two attorneys at law, in a defamation action. The issue before us is whether, based on the record in the case, the granting of summary judgment was proper. We answer no and reverse, except that as to Raffetto only regarding Counts II and III of the complaint we answer yes and affirm.
On April 7,. 1982, Appellants filed a…
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