Kim v. Contractors License Board

RAMIL, Justice.

Appellants-appellants Harry Kim, Jr. and H K Builders, Inc. appeal the First Circuit Court’s orders affirming Appellee-appellee Contractors License Board’s final decision suspending Appellants’ licenses for six months and fining them, jointly and severally, $2,000.00. Appellants argue that the circuit court erred (1) in applying the “clearly erroneous standard of review to the issue of statutory construction” and (2) concluding that Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § 444-17(10) (1993) 1 does not require intent.

First, Appellants misread the circuit court’s decision, rendering their…