Tokuhisa v. Cutter Management Co.

• Court: Hawaii Supreme Court
• Decided: May 21, 2010
• Docket: 28641
• Status: Published

Opinion

NO. 2864l

c:v. No. 02-1-0691 w ~‘5;;

KRISTIE TOKUHISA, Court-Appointed Class Represe@§E': individually and on behalf of all others similarly§Y*Emated@ Petitioner/Plaintiff-Appellant,

and

CYNTHIA ALTMAN and KELLY MULLER, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs,

VS.

CUTTER MANAGEMENT CO.; CUTTER MOTOR CARS, INC.; CUTTER DODGE, CHRYSLER, PLYMOUTH, JEEP OF PEARL CITY, INC. dba CUTTER DODGE CHRYSLER PLYMOUTH JEEP OF PEARL CITY, ' Respondents/Defendants/Third-Party Plaintiffs/ Counterclaim Defendants-Appellees,

» and RED SWAN INCORPORATED, Respondent/Defendant-Appellee, vs.

SAFE-GUARD PRODUCTS INTERNATIONAL, INC., Respondent/Third-Party Defendant/Counterclaim Plaintiff-Appellee.

CIV. NO. 02-1-2915 KRISTIE TOKUHISA, Court-Appointed Class Representative, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Petitioner/Plaintiff~Appellant,

and WALTER CALIZO, ROCHELLE MOLINA, FERILA PEREZ, FRANCISCO ANCHETA, KELLY ANCHETA, KHAMTAN TANHCHALEUN, and CHOU TANHCHALEUN, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated,

Plaintiffs,

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CUTTER MANAGEMENT CO.; CUTTER DODGE, INC.; RAINBOW CHEVROLET, INC.; CUTTER FORD, INC.; CUTTER IMPORTS, INC.; CUTTER MOTOR CARS, INC.; CUTTER OF WAIPAHU, INC.; and CUTTER

PONTIAC, BUICK, GMC OF WAIPAHU, INC., Respondents/Defendants/Cross-Claim Plaintiffs/ Cross-Claim Defendants~Appellees,

and RED SWAN INCORPORATED; Respondent/Defendant-Appellee, and SAFE-GUARD PRODUCTS INTERNATIONAL INC.,

Respondent/Defendant/Cross-Claim Defendant/ Cross-Claim Plaintiff-Appellee.

CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS (CIV NOS. 02-1-O691 & 02-1-29l5)

ORDER.ACCEPTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI (By:_ Nakayama, J., for the courtW

Petitioner-Plaintiff-Appellant's Application for Writ of Certiorari filed on April l2, 20lO, is hereby accepted. DATED: Honolulu, Hawafi, May 2l, 20lO.

FOR THE COURT:

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Associate Justice

Paul Alston and Peter S. Knapman of Alston Hunt Floyd

& lng for petitioner-plaintiff- appellant

Lisa Woods Munger, Joachim P. Cox, Robert K. Fricke, and Abigail M. Holden of Goodsill Anderson Quinn & Stifel for respondents-defendants-appellees

'Court: Nakayama, Acting C.J., Acoba and Duffy, JJ, Circuit Judge Perkins in place of Moon, C,J, recused, and Circuit Judge Border, in place of Recktenwald, J., recused.