Kamaunu v. Kaaea

Opinion of the Court by

MOON, C.J.

Petitioner-plaintiff-appellee Benjamin Ka-maunu (Plaintiff) timely applied for a writ of certiorari to review' the decision of the Intermediate Court of Appeals (ICA) in Kamaunu v. Kaaea, 99 Hawai'i 432, 56 P.3d 734 (App. 2002), a personal injury action wherein the ICA remanded the case to the Second Circuit Court for a new trial. The ICA concluded that, the trial court, 1 inter alia, abused its discretion when it sanctioned respondent-defendant-appellant Garth Kaaea (Defendant) for violating Rule 12.1 of the Rules of the Circuit Court (RCCH) (1984) by…