Kuhnert v. Allison

RAMIL, Justice.

Plaintiffs-Appellants Heinz and Sherilyn Kuhnert (Kuhnerts) were awarded compensatory and punitive damages in a real estate fraud case. The Kuhnerts are now attempting to collect their punitive damages from the Real Estate Recovery Fund (RERF). Respondent-Appellee State of Hawai'i, Real Estate Commission (Commission) contends that the RERF does not provide for the recovery of punitive damages. In the alternative, the Commission argues that the Kuhnerts failed to comply with the statutory requirements that would entitle them to recover. The circuit court denied the Kuhnerts’…