Title: Schmidt v. HSC, Inc.
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: SCWC-29454
State: Hawaii
Issuer: Hawaii Supreme Court
Date: December 9, 2015

THOMAS FRANK SCHMIDT and LORINA JHINCIL SCHMIDT, Petitioners and Respondents/Plaintiffs-Appellants and Cross- Appellees, vs. HSC, INC., a Hawaiʻi corporation; RICHARD HENDERSON, SR., and ELEANOR R.J. HENDERSON, Respondents and Petitioners/Defendants-Appellees and Cross- Appellants. Respondents and Petitioners/Defendants-Appellees and Cross-Appellants HSC, Inc., Richard Henderson, Sr., and Eleanor R.J. Henderson’s Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed on Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCWC-29454 09-DEC-2015 02:07 PM SCWC-29454 & SCWC-29589 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAIʻI CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS (ICA NOS. 29454 and 29589; CIV NO. 06-1-0228) ORDER REJECTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI (By: Nakayama, Acting C.J., McKenna, Pollack, and Wilson, JJ., and Circuit Judge Garibaldi, in place of Recktenwald, C.J., recused) October 26, 2015, is hereby rejected. It is further ordered that the Petition for Writ of Mandamus, filed on October 26, 2015, is hereby denied as Petitioners failed to demonstrate that they are entitled to such relief. See Kema v. Gaddis, 91 Hawaiʻi 200, 204, 982 P.2d 334, 338 (1999) (a writ of mandamus is an extraordinary remedy that will not issue unless the petitioner demonstrates a clear and indisputable right to relief and a lack of alternative means to redress adequately the alleged wrong or obtain the requested action). DATED: Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, December 9, 2015. Paul Alston and Kee M. Campbell for HSC, Inc. et al. /s/ Paula A. Nakayama /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna /s/ Richard W. Pollack R. Steven Geshell and Thomas P. Dunn for Schmidt et al. /s/ Michael D. Wilson /s/ Colette Y. Garibaldi 2