Abaya v. Mantell

Opinion of the Court by

MOON, C.J.

The instant appeal arises out of a determination by the Circuit Court of the First Circuit 1 that a settlement agreement between plaintiffs-appellees Jocelyn Abaya, individually and as next friend of William Pine-da-Abaya, Czarina Pineda-Abaya, and Phoebe Pineda-Abaya, and as special administrator of the Estate of Willis Abaya [hereinafter, collectively, the plaintiffs] 2 and defendants-appellees Richard Mantell aka Richard Mandell (Dr. Mantell) and Team Health West (THW) [hereinafter, collectively, the defendants] was made in good faith, pursuant to Hawai'i…