O'Gorek v. Hawaii Public Employees Health Fund

• Court: Hawaii Supreme Court
• Decided: May 2, 2012
• Docket: SCWC-28248
• Status: Published

Opinion

Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCWC-28248 02-MAY-2012 01:57 PM

SCWC-28248

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI#I

LAWRENCE O’GOREK, BEATRICE TSUNEYOSHI and KIM KALANI, Petitioners/Plaintiffs-Appellants/Cross-Appellees,

and

HAWAII GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION, Respondent/Plaintiff-Appellant/Cross-Appellee,

vs.

HAWAII PUBLIC EMPLOYEES HEALTH FUND; BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE HAWAII PUBLIC EMPLOYEES HEALTH FUND; GREGORY SATO, ROBERT HU, JULIE PRICE, STEVETTE SANTIAGO, TRACY CHANG, MILTON FUKE, DOLORES FOLEY, REV. BRUCE NAKAMURA and GEORGINA KAWAMURA, In their official capacities as Trustees of the Hawaii Public Employees Health Fund and not Individually; DIRECTOR OF FINANCE OF THE STATE OF HAWAI#I; and the STATE OF HAWAI#I, Respondents/Defendants-Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS (ICA NO. 28248; CIV. NO. 03-1-1352)

ORDER REJECTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI (By: Nakayama, Acting C.J., Acoba, and McKenna, JJ., Circuit Judge Chan in place of Recktenwald, C.J., recused, and Circuit Judge Perkins in place of Duffy, J., recused)

Petitioners/Plaintiffs-Appellants/Cross-Appellees

Lawrence O’Gorek, Beatrice Tsuneyoshi, and Kim Kalani’s application for writ of certiorari filed on March 20, 2012, is

hereby rejected.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai#i, May 2, 2012.

Paul A. Schraff and /s/ Paula A. Nakayama Charles K.Y. Khim on the application for /s/ Simeon R. Acoba Jr. Petitioners/Plaintiffs- Appellants, Cross- /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna Appellees /s/ Derrick H. M. Chan Deirdre Marie-Iha and Marissa H.I. Luning, on /s/ Richard K. Perkins the response for Respondents/Defendants- Appellees, Cross- Appellants