Dines v. Pacific Ins. Co., Ltd.

LEVINSON, Justice.

The petitioner-appellant Wayne Dines appeals the order of the second circuit court denying his petition to compel arbitration with his automobile liability insurance carrier, the respondent-appellee Pacific Insurance Company, Ltd. (Pacific), regarding his claim for uninsured motorist (UM) benefits. The outcome of Dines’s appeal turns on whether, under Hawaii law, a named insured under an automobile liability insurance policy, who is injured by a hit-and-run driver, can be entitled to UM benefits thereunder when the named insured is operating a motorcycle at the time of his…