Willis v. Swain

Opinion of the Court by

LEVINSON, J.

As the prevailing party on appeal to this court in Willis v. Swain, 112 Hawai'i 184, 145 P.3d 727 (2006) [hereinafter, “Willis 1 ”], the plaintiff-appellant Shilo Willis requests lees and costs pursuant to Hawai'i Rules of Appellate Procedure (HRAP) Rule 39 and Hawai'i Revised Statutes (HRS) § 431:100-211 (2005). 1

Willis requests a total of $22,088.95. The defendant-appellee First Insurance Company of Hawaii, Ltd. (First Insurance) has filed an objection and Willis has replied.

For the reasons discussed infra in part II, we grant Willis’s request, in part, as…