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Nakaoka v. Shizuru

Supreme Court of Hawaii
Mar 17, 2023
No. SCWC-20-0000320 (Haw. Mar. 17, 2023)

Opinion

SCWC-20-0000320

03-17-2023

ARYN NAKAOKA and DARCIE NAKAOKA, Petitioners/Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. EUGENE SHIZURU and CAROLE SHIZURU; DANIEL T.M. CHOY, individually and dba CORINTHIANS REALTY; and LYNIEL CHOY, individually and dba RAINBOW REALTY INTERNATIONAL, Respondents/Defendants-Appellees.


Certiorari to the Intermediate Court of Appeals (CAAP-20-0000320; Civ. No. 1CC161002076)

Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, McKenna, and Eddins, JJ., and Circuit Judge Wong, in place of Wilson, J., recused

ORDER ACCEPTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI

Petitioners/Plaintiffs-Appellants' Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed on January 21, 2023, is hereby accepted.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that each of the parties shall file a supplemental brief within fourteen (14) days from the date of this Order, not to exceed ten (10) pages in length, addressing the following two questions:

(1) Whether Respondents/Defendants-Appellees waived their HRS § 508D-18 alternative dispute resolution defense by raising it for the first time in Eugene Shizuru and Carole Shizuru's July 8, 2019 motion for partial summary judgment, or alternatively, whether they are estopped from raising the defense.
(2) Whether the award of attorneys' fees and costs by the circuit court was fair and reasonable, in light of that delay.


Summaries of

Nakaoka v. Shizuru

Supreme Court of Hawaii
Mar 17, 2023
No. SCWC-20-0000320 (Haw. Mar. 17, 2023)
Case details for

Nakaoka v. Shizuru

Case Details

Full title:ARYN NAKAOKA and DARCIE NAKAOKA, Petitioners/Plaintiffs-Appellants, v…

Court:Supreme Court of Hawaii

Date published: Mar 17, 2023

Citations

No. SCWC-20-0000320 (Haw. Mar. 17, 2023)