Opinion
NO. SCWC-29491 CIVIL NO. 05-1-0947 CIVIL NO. 05-1-0846 CIVIL NO. 05-1-1045 CIVIL NO. 05-1-0883
10-08-2012
LON WILLIAMS, Individually and as Personal Representative of the ESTATE OF ALACIA WILLIAMS, Deceased, Petitioner/Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MARC HENDERSON and STATE OF HAWAI'I, Respondents/Defendants-Appellees, and LORRIE ANN MONIZ and CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU, Defendants, and STATE OF HAWAI'I, Defendant/Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellee, v. KARIN R. WILLIAMS; CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU; and GIRL SCOUT COUNCIL OF HAWAI'I, Third-Party Defendants-Appellees. ALAN GOTO, Individually and as Personal Representative of the ESTATE OF RYAN GOTO, Deceased; DAVID BEGA; and PAUL JAVIER, Petitioners/Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. MARC HENDERSON; KARIN R. WILLIAMS; GIRL SCOUT COUNCIL OF HAWAI'I; STATE OF HAWAI'I, Respondents/Defendants-Appellees, and LORRIE ANN MONIZ, Defendant, and STATE OF HAWAI'I, Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU, Third-Party Defendant-Appellee. KARIN WILLIAMS, Petitioner/Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MARC HENDERSON; STATE OF HAWAI'I, Respondents/Defendants-Appellees, and LORRIE ANN MONIZ, Defendant, and STATE OF HAWAI'I, Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU, Third-Party Defendant-Appellee. GEORGIE-ANN GOTO, Individually and as Guardian of the Property of BOWEN GOTO, a minor, Petitioner/Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MARC HENDERSON; KARIN R. WILLIAMS; GIRL SCOUT COUNCIL OF HAWAI'I; STATE OF HAWAI'I, Respondents/Defendants-Appellees, and STATE OF HAWAI'I, Cross-Plaintiff, v. CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU, Cross-Defendant.
James J. Bickerton, for petitioners Alan Goto, David Bega, and Paul Javier James T. Leavitt, Jr., for petitioner Georgie-Ann Goto Charles J. Ferrera, for petitioner Karin Williams Robin M. Kishi and Caron M. Inagaki, for respondent State of Hawai'i
Electronically Filed
Supreme Court
SCWC-29491
08-OCT-2012
02:12 PM
CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS
(ICA NO. 29491; CIV. NOS. 05-1-0947, 05-1-0846,
05-1-1045 and 05-1-0883)
ORDER REJECTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI
(By: , Acoba, and Pollack, JJ., and Circuit
Judge Castagnetti, in place of McKenna, J., recused,
with Recktenwald, C.J., dissenting)
The Application for Writ of Certiorari filed on August 24, 2012 by Petitioners/Plaintiffs-Appellants Alan Goto; Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Ryan Goto, Deceased; David Bega; Paul Javier; Lon Williams, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Alacia Williams; Karin Williams, and Georgie-Ann Goto, Individually and as Guardian of the Property of Bowen Goto is hereby rejected.
DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i, October 8, 2012. James J. Bickerton,
for petitioners Alan Goto,
David Bega, and Paul Javier
James T. Leavitt, Jr., for
petitioner Georgie-Ann Goto
Charles J. Ferrera, for
petitioner Karin Williams
Robin M. Kishi and Caron
M. Inagaki, for respondent
State of Hawai'i
Paula A. Nakayama
Simeon R. Acoba, Jr.
Richard W. Pollack
Jeannette H. Castagnetti
DISSENT BY RECKTENWALD, C.J.
I respectfully dissent. For the reasons articulated in Chief Judge Nakamura's dissenting opinion in Williams v. Henderson, No. 29491, 2012 WL 1951389 (App. May 31, 2012) (SDO), I would grant the petitioners' application.
Mark E. Recktenwald