Court Opinion

ID: 9797077
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-31 04:12:44.285023+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:52:30.918133
License: Public Domain

Concurring Opinion by
FOLEY, J.
I. concur. Iaea prevailed before the Insurance Commissioner by doubling the amount of no-fault insurance benefits he was to receive from TIG. Clearly, it was an abuse of discretion to deny Iaea reasonable attorney’s fees and costs under Hawaii Revised Statutes § 431:10C-211(a) given Iaea’s success and the absence of any reasoned denial. Wong v. Hawaiian Ins. Cos., 64 Haw. 189, 192, 637 P.2d 1144, 1146 (1981).