Williams v. Henderson
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Opinion
Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCWC-29491 08-OCT-2012 02:12 PM
NO. SCWC-29491
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI'I
CIVIL NO. 05-1-0947
LON WILLIAMS, Individually and as Personal Representative
of the ESTATE OF ALACIA WILLIAMS, Deceased,
Petitioner/Plaintiff-Appellant,
vs.
MARC HENDERSON and STATE OF HAWAI'I,
Respondents/Defendants-Appellees,
and
LORRIE ANN MONIZ and CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU, Defendants,
STATE OF HAWAI'I, Defendant/Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellee,
KARIN R. WILLIAMS; CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU; and GIRL SCOUT
COUNCIL OF HAWAI'I, Third-Party Defendants-Appellees.
CIVIL NO. 05-1-0846
ALAN GOTO, Individually and as Personal Representative of the
ESTATE OF RYAN GOTO, Deceased; DAVID BEGA; and PAUL JAVIER,
Petitioners/Plaintiffs-Appellants,
MARC HENDERSON; KARIN R. WILLIAMS; GIRL SCOUT COUNCIL OF HAWAI'I;
STATE OF HAWAI'I, Respondents/Defendants-Appellees,
LORRIE ANN MONIZ, Defendant,
STATE OF HAWAI'I, Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellee,
CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU, Third-Party Defendant-Appellee.
CIVIL NO. 05-1-1045
KARIN WILLIAMS, Petitioner/Plaintiff-Appellant,
MARC HENDERSON; STATE OF HAWAI'I,
CIVIL NO. 05-1-0883
GEORGIE-ANN GOTO, Individually and as Guardian of the Property
of BOWEN GOTO, a minor, Petitioner/Plaintiff-Appellant,
MARC HENDERSON; KARIN R. WILLIAMS; GIRL SCOUT COUNCIL OF HAWAI'I;
STATE OF HAWAI'I, Cross-Plaintiff,
CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU, Cross-Defendant.
CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS
(ICA NO. 29491; CIV. NOS. 05-1-0947, 05-1-0846,
05-1-1045 and 05-1-0883)
ORDER REJECTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI
(By: Nakayama, Acoba, and Pollack, JJ., and Circuit
Judge Castagnetti, in place of McKenna, J., recused,
with Recktenwald, C.J., dissenting)
The Application for Writ of Certiorari filed on August
24, 2012 by Petitioners/Plaintiffs-Appellants Alan Goto;
Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Ryan
Goto, Deceased; David Bega; Paul Javier; Lon Williams,
Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of
Alacia Williams; Karin Williams, and Georgie-Ann Goto,
Individually and as Guardian of the Property of Bowen Goto is
hereby rejected.
DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i, October 8, 2012.
James J. Bickerton, /s/ Paula A. Nakayama for petitioners Alan Goto, David Bega, and Paul Javier /s/ Simeon R. Acoba, Jr.
James T. Leavitt, Jr., for /s/ Richard W. Pollack petitioner Georgie-Ann Goto /s/ Jeannette H. Castagnetti Charles J. Ferrera, for petitioner Karin Williams
Robin M. Kishi and Caron M. Inagaki, for respondent State of Hawai'i
DISSENT BY RECKTENWALD, C.J.
I respectfully dissent. For the reasons articulated in
Chief Judge Nakamura’s dissenting opinion in Williams v.
Henderson, No. 29491, 2012 WL 1951389 (App. May 31, 2012) (SDO),
I would grant the petitioners’ application.
/s/ Mark E. Recktenwald
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