Opinion ID: 3133690
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Dow’s Motion for Partial Summary Judgment

Text: On April 13, 2009, Dow filed a motion for partial summary judgment against Gerardo Dennis Patrickson, Benigno Torres Hernandez, Fernando Jimenez Arias, Elias Espinoza Merelo, Alirio 3 The parties later stipulated to dismiss, without prejudice, Chiquita Brands, Inc.; Chiquita Brands International, Inc.; Maritrop Trading Corporation; Dole Fresh Fruit International, Inc.; Dole Fresh Fruit International, Ltd.; Standard Fruit Company de Costa Rica, S.A.; Standard Fruit de Honduras, S.A.; Del Monte Fresh Produce Company, and Fresh Del Monte Produce N.V. (incorrectly named as Del Monte Fresh Produce and Fresh Del Monte N.V.). 11  FOR PUBLICATION IN WEST’S HAWAII REPORTS AND PACIFIC REPORTER  Manuel Mendez, and Carlos Humberto Rivera. Dow argued that on June 9, 1995 (over two years before the filing of the instant complaint on October 3, 1997), these six named plaintiffs filed the Abarca action, which made the same allegations as those in the instant case. To Dow, the Abarca action proved that these plaintiffs knew of their claims by June 9, 1995, and their causes of action accrued by that date. Therefore, because the Plaintiffs did not file the instant complaint within two years of having filed the Abarca complaint, their claims were barred by the two-year statute of limitations found under HRS § 657-7 (1993)4 for tort actions.