Opinion ID: 2550107
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Heading Rank: 5

Heading: The Trustee's Motion for an Award of Damages

Text: On March 9, 2004, the Trustees filed a Motion for an Order Determining Amount of Damages Incurred by Movants Pursuant to [HRS § 101-27]. The Trustees asserted that they were entitled to recover $506,121.41 from the City in accordance with the Summary Judgment Order for the period through and including January 31, 2004, and additional amounts thereafter pursuant to a supplemental filing, pursuant to HRS § 101-27 (1993), quoted infra. In opposition to the Trustess's motion for an award of damages, the City argued that, under HRS § 101-27, the Trustees were entitled only to reasonable fees and costs and that the Trustees failed to establish the reasonableness of their requested award. The Lessees joined in the City's opposition. After a hearing on April 7, 2004, the circuit court granted in part and denied in part the Trustee's motion, ruling: 1. The Court partially denies the Motion and disallows as a matter of law the following cost and expense items requested by [the Trustees]: (a) Expert witness fees in the amount of $65,195.70. (b) Computer research fees in the amount of $849.85. (c) Hearing exhibits in the amount of $548.43. 2. The Court partially grants the Motion as it applies to the remaining amounts requested by [the Trustees], and rules that [the Trustees] shall be entitled to reimbursement of the following: (a) Attorneys' fees and general excise tax in the amount of $440,069.06. (b) Costs and expenses in the amount of $19,030.49.