Legal Opinion
Balthazar v. Verizon Hawaii, Inc.
Hawaii Supreme Court
Decided November 25, 2005No. 26977PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court by
ACOBA, J.
We hold that (1) because the filed-rate doctrine imputes knowledge of the disclosures contained in a tariff filed with a regulatory agency like the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission (HPUC or the HPUC) by a public utility such as Defendanb-Appellee Verizon Hawaii, Inc. (Verizon) and its predecessors to customers of such a utility and (2) because under the filed-rate doctrine customers suffer no legally cognizable injury when they pay the filed rate in exchange for services in accordance with a filed tariff, (3) the doctrine bars claims by customers such as…
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