Hipawai Corporation v. Mathews

• Court: Hawaii Supreme Court
• Decided: December 31, 2025
• Docket: SCWC-23-0000447
• Status: Published

Opinion

Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCWC-XX-XXXXXXX 31-DEC-2025 01:06 PM Dkt. 16 ODAC

SCWC-XX-XXXXXXX

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAII

HIPAWAI CORPORATION, a Hawaii corporation, as Successor Trustee under that certain unrecorded Declaration of Trust dated November 13, 1968; KENNETH L. CHUN, CAROL A. CHUN, and SUSAN D. CHUN, as Successor Trustees under that certain unrecorded Alma K. Leong Revocable Living Trust Agreement dated September 28, 1993; and PEARL CORPORATION, a Hawaii corporation, Respondents/Plaintiffs-Appellees,

vs.

TINA CHERIE MATHEWS, Petitioner/Defendant/Cross-claim Defendant-Appellant,

and

ASSOCIATION OF APARTMENT OWNERS OF 965 PROSPECT, a Hawaii nonprofit corporation, Respondent/Defendant/Cross-claimant-Appellee.

CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS (CAAP-XX-XXXXXXX, CAAP-XX-XXXXXXX, and CAAP-XX-XXXXXXX (cons.); CASE NOS. 1CCV-XX-XXXXXXX and 1CCV-XX-XXXXXXX) ORDER REJECTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI (By: McKenna, Acting C.J., Eddins, Ginoza, and Devens, JJ., and Circuit Judge Souza, assigned by reason of vacancy)

Petitioner’s Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed

on November 7, 2025, is hereby rejected.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, December 31, 2025.

/s/ Sabrina S. McKenna

/s/ Todd W. Eddins

/s/ Lisa M. Ginoza

/s/ Vladimir P. Devens

/s/ Kevin A.K. Souza