ESTATE OF ROXAS v. Marcos

Dissenting Opinion by

NAEAMURA, J.

I respectfully dissent. In my view, the Hawaii Supreme Court’s decision in Roxas *129v. Marcos, 89 Hawai'i 91, 969 P.2d 1209 (1998) (hereinafter, “Roxas I”), effectively extinguished the prior judgments entered by the circuit court by changing the party against whom the monetary awards could be enforced. Prior to Roxas I, the judgments had awarded damages against Defendant Ferdinand Marcos (Ferdinand) or Defendant Imelda Marcos (Imelda), as Personal Representative of the Estate of Ferdinand Marcos (Marcos Estate). The Second Amended Judgment, which the circuit…