Case Title: Combustion Engineering, Inc. v. Hifo

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State: hawaii

Court: Hawaii Supreme Court

Date: 2001-11-09T00:00:00Z

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NOS. 24640 & 24641 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI » I _________________________________________________________________ COMBUSTION ENGINEERING, INC., Petitioner, vs. THE HONORABLE EDEN ELIZABETH HIFO, JUDGE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIRST CIRCUIT, STATE OF HAWAI » I, Respondent, and EDWARD T.W. CHANG, and FLORA L. CHANG, Respondents, and RAPID-AMERICAN CORPORATION, JOHN CRANE, INC. and THE LYNCH COMPANY, INC., CENTER FOR CLAIMS RESOLUTION DEFENDANTS GAF CORPORATION, METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL, INC., fka Allied-Signal, Inc., GARLOCK, INC., GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, OWENS-ILLINOIS, INC., INDRESCO, INC., DRESSER INDUSTRIES, INC., and HARBISON-WALKER REFRACTORIES COMPANY, Respondents. (No. 24640 (CIV. NO. 00-1-3297-10)) ----------------------------------------------------------------- COMBUSTION ENGINEERING, INC., Petitioner, vs. THE HONORABLE EDEN ELIZABETH HIFO, JUDGE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIRST CIRCUIT, STATE OF HAWAI » I, Respondent, and WILLIAM A. ACAIN, TOM BELL (DCD), FAAAOGA ENA, DONALD JAMES, SOLOMON KEAWE (DCD), CHARLES T. KUSUNO, STUART H.W. LUM, HISAO MAGARIFUJI (DCD), GARY T. MATSUMOTO, RAYMOND H. SUMIDA, Respondents, and JOHN CRANE, INC. and THE LYNCH COMPANY, INC., RAPID-AMERICAN CORPORATION, A.P. GREEN SERVICES, INC., fka BIGELOW-LIPTAK CORPORATION, GAF CORPORATION and PARSONS ENERGY & CHEMICALS GROUP, INC. sued herein as Parsons 1 Considered by: Moon, C.J., Levinson, Nakayama, Ramil, and Acoba, JJ. 2 Infrastructure & Technology Group, Inc., METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL, INC., fka ALLIED-SIGNAL, INC., GARLOCK, INC., The Lynch Co., Inc., CENTER FOR CLAIMS RESOLUTION DEFENDANTS, GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, OWENS-ILLINOIS, INC., INDRESCO, INC., DRESSER INDUSTRIES, INC., and HARBISON-WALKER REFRACTORIES COMPANY, FOSTER WHEELER CORPORATION, A.W. CHESTERTON COMPANY, METCALF & EDDY, INC., KAISER GYPSUM COMPANY, INC., CSR LIMITED, ABB, Ltd., THE FLINTKOTE COMPANY, SOCO-WESTERN CHEMICAL CORPORATION, NORTHBROOK CORPORATION as Successor by Merger to AMFAC, INC., HAWAII PLANNING MILL, LTD., Respondents. (No. 24641 (02-1-ACM-1)) _________________________________________________________________ ORIGINAL PROCEEDING (CIV. NO. 00-1-3297-10 & 02-1-ACM-1) ORDER (By: Levinson, J., for the court1 Upon consideration of Petitioner Combustion Engineering, Inc.  s petitions for a writ of mandamus directed to the Honorable Eden Elizabeth Hifo, which were consolidated for disposition, the papers in support, and the records and files herein, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 1. Pursuant to HRAP Rule 21(c), the respondents shall file an answer or answers within forty days from the date of this order. 2. Pursuant to HRAP Rule 21(c), the respondent judge may elect not to appear. 3. Petitioner may file a supplemental memorandum or other supplemental material within the time provided. DATED: Honolulu, Hawai » i, November 9, 2001. FOR THE COURT: STEVEN H. LEVINSON Associate Justice