Arthur v. State, Department of Hawaiian Home Lands

Opinion

Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCWC-13-0000531 18-SEP-2015

SCWC-13-0000531

12:43 PM

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAII

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WILLIAM A. ARTHUR, SR., Individually, and

THE ESTATE OF MONA ARTHUR thru William A. Arthur, Sr.

as the Personal Representative,

Respondents/Plaintiffs/Appellants/Cross-Appellees,

vs.

STATE OF HAWAII, DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS;

KAMEHAMEHA INVESTMENT CORPORATION; DESIGN PARTNERS INC.,

Respondents/Defendants/Appellees/Cross-Appellees,

and

COASTAL CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.;

SATO AND ASSOCIATES, INC.; and DANIEL S. MIYASATO, Petitioners/Defendants/Appellees/Cross-Appellants,

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KAMEHAMEHA INVESTMENT CORPORATION,

Respondent/Third-Party Plaintiff/Appellee/Cross-Appellee,

vs.

KIEWIT PACIFIC CO.,

Respondent/Third-Party Defendant/Appellee/Cross-Appellee

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KIEWIT PACIFIC CO.,

Respondent/Fourth-Party Plaintiff/Appellee/Cross-Appellee,

vs.

PACIFIC FENCE, INC.,

Respondent/Fourth-Party Defendant/Appellee/Cross-Appellee.

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CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS (CAAP-13-0000531; CIVIL NO. 05-1-1981-11)

ORDER ACCEPTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI

(By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, McKenna, Pollack, and Wilson, JJ.)

The application for writ of certiorari filed by Petitioners/Defendants/Appellees/Cross-Appellants, Sato and Associates, Inc. and Daniel S. Miyasato, on August 7, 2015, is hereby accepted and will be scheduled for oral argument. The parties will be notified by the appellate clerk regarding scheduling.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that each of the parties listed below shall file a supplemental brief by October 5, 2015, not to exceed ten pages in length, addressing the following two issues:

(1) Is the duty to defend presented in Sato’s noninsurance , construction contract with KIC coextensive with Sato’s duty to indemnify?

(2) Given case law and legislative history, does Hawaii Revised Statutes § 431:10-222 (2005), render void any provision in a construction contract requiring the promisor to defend “the promisee against liability for bodily injury to persons or damage to property caused by or resulting from the sole negligence or wilful misconduct of the promisee, the promisee’s agents or employees, or indemnitee?”

DATED: Honolulu, Hawaii, September 18, 2015.

Kevin P.H. Sumida /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald for petitioners /s/ Paula A. Nakayama

Brad S. Petrus for respondent /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna Kamehameha Investment Corporation /s/ Richard W. Pollack

Michiro Iwanaga and /s/ Michael D. Wilson Wayne M. Sakai for respondent Coastal Construction Co., Inc.