KNG CORP. v. Kim

Opinion of the Court by

ACOBA, J.

We hold that, before ordering that a rent trust fund pursuant to Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § 666-21 (1993) be established, the district court of the first circuit (the court) should have held a hearing on the claim of Defendant-Appellant Carol Kim (Defendant), as tenant of outdoor spaces rented to her by Plaintiff-Appellee KNG Corporation (Plaintiff), that she was not al lowed to take possession of the said spaces. Because we remand the case, we conclude, for guidance of the court, that HRS § 666-21 does not violate the due process and equal protection…