Case Title: Woodruff v. Ayabe

Citation: 

Docket Number: 29244

State: hawaii

Court: Hawaii Supreme Court

Date: 2008-07-29T00:00:00Z

Document:
No. 29244

  

KELLEY WOODRUFF, M.D. and z
HAWAII CHILDREN'S BLOOD AND CANCER GROUP, Peticigaiils,
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THE HONORABLE BERT I. AYABE, JUDGE OF THE

CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIRST CIRCUIT, STATE OF HAWAI‘T

HAWAI'I PACIFIC HEALTH; KAPI‘OLANI MEDICAL SPECIALISTS:

KAPI'OLANI MEDICAL CENTER FOR WOMEN AND CHILOREN;

ROGER DRUE; FRANCES A. HALLONQUIST; NEAL WINN, M.D.

SHERREL HAMMAR, M.D.; DELOTTTE § TOUCHE, LLP; and
DENNIS M. WARREN, ESQ., Respondents.

   

 

 
 

 

ORIGINAL PROCEEDING
(CIVIL NO. 02-1-0090)

ORDER
(By: Moon, C.J., Levinson, Nakayama, Acoba, and Duffy, JJ.)

Upon consideration of the petition for a writ of
mandamus and motion to stay Civil No. 02-1-0090 filed by
petitioners Kelley Woodruff, M.D. and Hawaii Children’s Blood and
Cancer Group and the papers in support, it appears that the
standard for granting mandamus relief from a pretrial discovery
ruling is not applicable to petitioners’ case inasmuch as Civil
No, 02-1-0080 has already been litigated on the merits by sunmary
judgment. The respondent judge's rulings are forthwith

2-1-0090

 

appealable upon entry of a final judgment in Civil No.
and petitioners have an adequate remedy by way of appeal.
‘Therefore, petitioners are not entitled to mandamus relief. see

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Gaddis, 91 Hawai‘ 200, 204, 962 P.2d 334, 338 (1999) (a
writ of mandamus is an extraordinary remedy that will not issue
unless the petitioner demonstrates a clear and indisputable right

to relief and a lack of alternative means to redress adequately

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the alleged wrong or obtain the requested action. Such writs are
not intended to supersede the legal discretionary authority of
the lower courts, nor are they intended to serve as legal
remedies in lieu of normal appellate procedures.). Accordingly,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the petition for a writ of
mandamus and the motion to stay Civil No. 02-1-0090 are denied.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i, guly 29, 2008.

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