Gurrobat v. HTH Corporation.

Opinion of the Court by

McKENNA, J.

I. Introduction

Following the publication of our opinion in Gurrobat v. HTH Corp., 133 Hawai'i 1, 323 P.3d 792 (2014), Plaintiff-Appellee/Cross-Appellant Raymond Gurrobat (“Gurrobat”), individually and on behalf of a class of similarly situated persons, requested that we award him attorneys’ fees and costs for his appeal and cross-appeal, and provide for interest on the judgment. Gurrobat bases his request for fees and costs on Hawaii Rules of Appellate Procedure (“HRAP”) Rule 39 (2007), and on the fee shifting provisions found in Hawaii Revised Statutes…