Chow v. Alston

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

HAYASHI, C.J.

Plaintiff-Appellant Wayson Chow (Chow) appeals from the summary judgment entered against him in an action brought against Paul Alston (Alston), Kathleen Dashiell (Dashiell), the Legal Aid Society of Hawaii (LASH), and its then executive director Anthony P. Locricchio (Locricchio).

The issues presented for review are 1) whether the summary judgment was appropriately granted in a libel action where the defendant established the existence of a qualified privilege, and 2) whether plaintiff had established a cause in intentional interference with a contractual…