Case Title: Freeman v. Hara

Citation: 

Docket Number: 29025

State: hawaii

Court: Hawaii Supreme Court

Date: 2008-03-07T00:00:00Z

Document:
No. 29025

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI'T

 

DIANA FREEMAN, WAYNE UTA, and JAMES IRETJO, Petitioners,

THE HONORABLE GLENN S. HARA, JUDGE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT
OF THE THIRD CIRCUIT, STATE OF HAWAI'I,
HAWAII EMPLOYERS’ MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY,” ING.
SERVCO INSURANCE SERVICES CORP. dba AMERICAN ‘1NsBExNcE,
‘AGENCY, INC., and HMP, INC. dba BUSINESS SER
HAWAII,” Respondents.

 

ORIGINAL PROCEEDING

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(By: Moon, C.J., Levinson, Nakayama, Acoba, and out}, 39.
Upon consideration of the petition for a writ of
nandanus or ptohsbition filed by petitioners Diana Freeman, Hayne
Uta and Janes Ireijo and the papers in support, it appears that a
judgnent against petitioners on the settlement lien in Civil No.
05-1-0240 will be appealable pursuant to HRS § 641-1(a) (Supp.

2007) by petitioners Freeman and Uta, as plaintiffs, and by

petitioner Ireijo, as a real party in interest (see e.c. Gap v.
Puna Geothermal Venture, 106 Hawai'i 325, 104 P.3d 912 (2004);

State v. Adam, 97 Hawai'i 475, 482, 40 P.3d 877, 884 (2002).
Petitioners can seek a stay of the judgment pending appeal from
the circuit court and from the appellate court pursuant to HRAP
8. Therefore, petitioners are not entitled to extraordinary
relief. See Kema v, Gaddis, 91 Hawai'i 200, 204, 982 P.2d 334,
338 (1999) (A writ of mandamus or prohibition is an extraordinary
remedy that will not issue unless the petitioner demonstrates a

clear and indisputable right to relief and a lack of alternative

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means to redress adequately 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 or prohibition is denied.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i, March 7, 2008.

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