Case Title: Schmidt v. Pacific Benefit Services, Inc.

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Docket Number: 

State: hawaii

Court: Hawaii Supreme Court

Date: 2006-07-06T00:00:00Z

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI'I
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civ. No._97-5273
J.P. scumior, in his capacity as Liquidator and
Trustee of the Pacitic Group Nedical Assosiati
Touiesting trust, Bieiotiieapelice, SAB .
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DenetG ABET SERVICES, anc, Defendant-Appefigh, é
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and “wre
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HENRY AKIU, JR.; RANDOLPH KO; BRYON GRAVES, JR;
EDWIN RAMOS; WILLIAM A. WILLIAMS (also known ae William
©. Williams or Billy Williams); RICHARD STILES; MARK
HOPKINS; HAROLD Y. KUWAHARA; JUAN MARTIN GONZALES; MIKE
CLBARE; WATSON WYATT & COMPANY; WIKOPF COMBS & CO., CPA‘S;
FOUR WINDS RSK, INC.; AULI'I, INC.; TORAL-VAHEY & ASSOCIATES;
BRIDGEPORT BENEFITS, INC., a foreign corporation;
NEVADA EQUITY & GROWTH MANAGEMENT, a foreign corporation;
PGMA, INC., a Hawai'i corporation; WAYNE BLASMAN;

‘DOUG ROLEFSON; TERRY CONLAN; LEE ANN KIM;

DONALD WAKEMAN; JAMES R. LINDSEY; JOHN DOES 1-50;
JANE DOES 1-50; DOE CORPORATIONS 1-50; DOE PARTNERSHIPS

1-50, AND DOE ENTITIES 1-50, Defendante.
and

HENRY AKIU, JR. and EDWIN RAMOS, Third-Party Plaintiffs,

INC., a Hawai'i corporation,

PACIFIC BENEFITS SERVICES,
‘Third-Party Defendant -Appellant,
and

PETER PO SING WONG; SUSAN WONG; LING FONG WONG; GEORGE
MINGO; BRENDA MINGO; PACIFIC EQUITY GROWTH & MANAGEMENT,
INC., a Hawai'i corporation; PACIFIC EQUITY FACTORS, INC.

a Hawai'i corporation; PACIPIC EMPLOYEE LEASING, INC.,
@ Hawai'i corporation; HAWAII DENTAL PLAN, INC., a Hawai'i
corporation; P.S. WONG, LT™D., a Hawai'i corporation;

PO SANG CORP., a foreign corporation; NISHIHAMA & KISHIDA,
, INC., @ Hawai'i corporation; JOHN J. D'AMATO;

 

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D/AMATO & MALONEY, @ Hawai'i law partnership; JOHN DOES
1-10; JANE DOES 1-10; and DOE CORPORATIONS 1-10,
‘Third-Party Defendants.

 

   

civ. No, 99-4504

J.P. SCHMIDT, in his capacity as Liquidator and

Trustee of the Pacific Group Medical Association
Liquidating Trust, Plaintiff-Appellee,

ve.
PACIFIC BENEFIT SERVICES, INC., Defendant -Appellant,
and

PETER PO SING WONG; WATSON WYATT WORLDWIDE; WATSON WYATT
© COMPANY; THE WYATT COMPANY; WIKOFF COMBS & CO. CPA'S,
INC.; NISHIHAMA & KISHIDA, CPA'S, INC., a Hawai'i corporation;
PACIFIC EQUITY GROWTH & MANAGEMENT, INC., a Hawai'i corporation;
PO SANG CORP., a foreign corporation; HAWAIT DENTAL HEALTH
PLAN, INC. (2150 known as Hawai'i Dental Plan, Inc.), a Hawai'i
corporation; FOUR WINDS RSK, INC., a Hawai" corporation;
‘TORAL-VAHEY & ASSOCIATES; WAYNE BLASMAN; DOUG ROLEFSON;
BRIDGEPORT BENEFITS, INC., a foreign corporation; NEVADA
EQUITY & GROWTH MANAGEMENT, a foreign corporation; SUSAN WONG;
LING FONG WONG; P.S. WONG, LTD., a Hawai'i corporation;
PACIFIC EMPLOYEE LEASING, INC., a Hawai'i corporation;
PACIFIC EQUITY FACTORS, INC.,"a Hawai'i corporation;
PGMA, INC., a Hawai'i corporation; PGMA DENTAL, a Hawai'i
corporation; TERRY CONLAN; LEE ANN KIM; DONALD WAKEMAN,
JAMES R. LINDSEY; JOHN DOES 1-50; JANE DOES 1-50; DOE
‘CORPORATIONS 1-50; DOE PARTNERSHIPS 1-50, AND
DOE ENTITIES 1-50, Defendant

 

 

No. 25755

APPEAL FROM THE FIRST CIRCUIT COURT
(CIV. NO, 97-5273-12 RMP & 99-4504~12 RNP)

JULY 6, 2006

MOON, C.J., LEVINSON, NAKAYAMA, AND ACOBA, JJ.;
AND CIRCUIT JUDGE AUGUST, ASSIGNED BY REASON OF VACANCY
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ORDER OF CORRECTION

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the following correction is
made to the subheading of section IIT.A.2.c. on page 25 of the
opinion of the court, filed May 31, 2006 (deleted language is
bracketed and stricken; new language is bolded) :

 

time Timi for a
motion to vacate

The Clerk of the Court is directed to incorporate the

foregoing changes in the original opinion and take all n

 

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steps to notify the publishing agenci.

 

of these changes.

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