Title: Combustion Engineering, Inc. v. Hifo

State: hawaii

Issuer: Hawaii Supreme Court

Document:

NO. 24640 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 -2- PARSONS ENERGY & CHEMICALS GROUP, INC. sued herein as Parsons 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 (CIV. NO. 02-1-ACM-1)) ORIGINAL PROCEEDING (CIV. NOS. 00-1-3297-10 & 02-1-ACM-1) ORDER (By: Moon, C.J., Levinson, Nakayama, Ramil, and Acoba, JJ.) Upon consideration of Petitioner Combustion Engineering, Inc.’s motion for withdrawal of its petitions for writs of mandamus directed to the Honorable Eden Elizabeth Hifo, the papers in support, and the records and files herein, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the motion for withdrawal is granted, and the petitions are dismissed. DATED: Honolulu, Hawai#i, December 14, 2001.