Title: Gillan v. Government Employees Insurance Company

State: hawaii

Issuer: Hawaii Supreme Court

Document:

TAY Liprany

*** NOT FOR PUBLICATION ***
No. 27769
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI'I
MARGRET GILLAN, HOWARD KELLER, M.D., Plaintiffs-Appellees

GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant~Appellant

and
JANE DOES 1-10; DOE CORPORATIONS 1-10; DOE
ROE NON-PROFIT CORPORATIONS 1-10; and ROE
Defendants

JOHN DOES 1-107
PARTNERSHIPS 1-10;
GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES 1-10,

  

APPEAL FROM THE FIRST CIRCUIT COURT
(CIV. NO. 05-1-0650)

ORDER DISMISSING APPEAL
for the court!)

(py: Nakayama, J.,

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upon review of the record, it appears that the =
February 27, 2006 judgment, the Honorable Sabrina S. McKenna,
presiding, was certified as a final judgment under HRCP 54(b),
but the judgment does not contain the language necessary for HRCP

See Jenkins v. Cades Schutte Flemina &

54(b) certification.
1338-39

Weight, 76 Hawai'i 115, 119-120, 869 P.24 1334,
(2994) ("[T}£ a Judgment purports to be the final judgment in a
case involving multiple clains or multiple parties . . . {and}
if the judgment resolves fever than all claims against all

‘an appeal may be taken only if the judgment

parties, . .
contains the language necessary for certification under HRCP

[T]he necessary finding of no just reason for delay

s4(b).
Nakayama, Acoba, and Duffy, 29

 

‘considered by! Moon, C.J.» Levinson,
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++ Must be included in the judgment.”). Thus, this appeal is
premature and we lack jurisdiction. Therefore,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this appeal is dismissed for
lack of appellate jurisdiction
DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i, May 25, 2006.
FOR THE COURT:

Pcsseas Cr caster

Associate Justice