Greer v. Baker

FUJISE, PRESIDING JUDGE, LEONARD, REIFURTH, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT BY LEONARD, J.

Plaintiff-Appellee Mark H.K. Greer (Greer) filed a tort action, in the Circuit Court of the First Circuit (Circuit Court),1 against Defendant-Appellant State of Hawai'i Senator Rosalyn H. Baker (Senator Baker ).2 Greer alleged that Senator Baker improperly used her position as Chair of the Senate Ways & Means Committee to eliminate his position as the (now former) Chief of the General Medical & Preventive Services Division at the Hawai'i State Department of Health (DOH ), due to his whistleblowing activities.

The…