Lui v. City and County of Honolulu

In this interlocutory appeal, we sua sponte raise the question of whether the trial court abused its discretion in allowing this appeal to be taken for the purpose of having this court review at least fifteen separate interlocutory questions 1 certified by the trial court.

Plaintiff-appellant Shirley Ann Lui, Temporary Administratrix of the Estate of Jerome Naki, filed a suit in the circuit court alleging that defendant-appellant City and County of Honolulu (City) was liable for the suicidal death of the deceased, Jerome Naki, an 18-year-old boy. The suit alleged that the police falsely…