Iturralde v. Hilo Medical Center

• Court: Hawaii Supreme Court
• Decided: August 6, 2012
• Docket: SCWC-28792
• Status: Published

Opinion

Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCWC-28792 06-AUG-2012 02:34 PM

NO. SCWC-28792

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAII

WILLIAM RONALD DOLAN, CPA, Special Administrator for

the Estate of ROSALINA ITURRALDE, and MIGUEL FUNES ITURRALDE,

aka MIKE I. FUNES, Successor Personal Representative

for the Estate of ARTURO C. ITURRALDE, Respondents and

Petitioners/Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Appellees,

vs.

HILO MEDICAL CENTER, a Hawaii Non-Profit Corporation,

HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION, a Public Benefit Corporation,

STATE OF HAWAII,

Respondents/Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants,

and

MEDTRONIC SOFAMOR DANEK, USA, a Tennessee Corporation

Licensed to do Business in Hawaii,

Petitioner/Defendant-Appellee,

ROBERT RICKETSON, M.D., Defendant-Appellee.

CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS (CIVIL NO. 03-1-0017)

ORDER REJECTING PLAINTIFFS’ APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI

(By: Nakayama, Acting C.J., Acoba, and McKenna, JJ.,

Circuit Judge Nacino, in place of Recktenwald, C.J., recused,

and Circuit Judge Kubo Jr., assigned by reason of vacancy)

The application for writ of certiorari filed on June

25, 2012 by Petitioners/Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Appellees

William Ronald Dolan, CPA, Special Administrator for the Estate

of Rosalina Iturralde, and Miguel Funes Iturralde, aka Mike I.

Funes, Successor Personal Representative for the Estate of

Arturo C. Iturralde, is hereby rejected.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawaii, August 6, 2012.

/s/ Paula A. Nakayama Mark S. Davis, Michael K. Livingston, and Robert P. Marx /s/ Simeon R. Acoba, Jr. on the Application. /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna George W. Playdon, Jr., Kelvin H. Kaneshiro, and R. Aaron Creps /s/ Edwin C. Nacino on the Response. /s/ Edward H. Kubo, Jr.