Title: Prudential Locations, LLC v. Gagnon
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: SCWC-16-0000890
State: Hawaii
Issuer: Hawaii Supreme Court
Date: March 31, 2022

SCWC-16-0000890 and SCWC-17-0000216 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAIʻI ________________________________________________________________ PRUDENTIAL LOCATIONS, LLC, Respondent/Plaintiff-Appellant, vs. LORNA GAGNON and PRESTIGE REALTY GROUP LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, Petitioners/Defendants/Cross-Claim Defendants-Appellees, and RE/MAX LLC and LORRAINE CLAWSON, Respondents/Defendants/Cross-Claimants/ Third-Party Plaintiffs-Appellees, and KEVIN TENGAN, Respondent/Third-Party Defendant-Appellee. ________________________________________________________________ CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS (CAAP-16-0000890 & CAAP-17-0000216; CIV. NO. 13-1-2328) CONCURRENCE IN PART TO ORDERS GRANTING MOTIONS FOR CLARIFICATION OF THE OPINION OF THE COURT (By: Recktenwald, C.J., with whom Nakayama, J., joins) I concur in the Majority’s orders granting Respondent/ Plaintiff-Appellant Prudential Locations, LLC N/K/A Locations Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCWC-16-0000890 31-MAR-2022 02:57 PM Dkt. 94 ORDC 2 LLC’s (Locations) motion for clarification filed on February 28, 2022, and Petitioners/Defendants-Appellees Lorna Gagnon and Prestige Realty Group Limited Liability Company’s motion for clarification filed on February 28, 2022, in order to amend language in the majority opinion filed on February 17, 2022, relating to the non-solicitation agreement and Sherrie Au, and to attorneys’ fees and costs. However, for reasons set forth in my concurrence and dissent filed on February 17, 2022, I conclude that Locations’ breach of contract claims against Gagnon based on the non- compete clause may be enforceable. For that reason, I would grant Respondent/Plaintiff-Appellant Prudential Locations, LLC N/K/A Locations LLC’s motion for clarification and vacate the circuit court’s grant of summary judgment to Gagnon with respect to the non-compete clause. DATED: Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, March 31, 2022. /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald /s/ Paula A. Nakayama