Court Opinion

ID: 9521772
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 02:11:31.840702+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:54:24.051735
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Concurring Opinion by
McKENNA, J.
I concur in the result, and also with Justice Acoba’s concurring opinion that there was no valid waiver of the Siopeses’ right to jury trial under Article I, Section 13 of the Hawaii Constitution.
I write separately, however, because respectfully, I do not believe Leong v. Kaiser Found. Hosps., 71 Haw. 240, 788 P.2d 164 (1990) is distinguishable. Rather, I believe Leong should be overruled based on the lack of mutual assent to the arbitration agreement exhibited by the facts of that case, pursuant to this court’s later holding in Brown v. KFC Nat’l Mgmt. Co., 82 Hawai'i 226, 921 P.2d 146 (1996).