IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI`I
HAWAII PROVIDERS NETWORK, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant
vs.
AIG
HAWAII INSURANCE COMPANY, INC.; ALLSTATE INSURANCE
CO.; ALLSTATE INDEMNITY CO.; AMERICAN AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE
COMPANY; AMERICAN
INSURANCE COMPANY; ASSOCIATED INDEMNITY
CORP.; BUDGET RENT-A-CAR SYSTEMS, INC.; DAI-TOKYO ROYAL
STATE INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED; FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE
COMPANY OF HAWAII,
INC.; FIRST INDEMNITY INSURANCE OF HAWAII,
INC.; FIRST INSURANCE COMPANY OF
HAWAII, LTD.; GEICO
INDEMNITY CO.; GEICO CASUALTY CO.; GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES
INSURANCE COMPANY; HARTFORD ACCIDENT AND INDEMNITY COMPANY;
THE HAWAIIAN INSURANCE AND GUARANTY COMPANY, LIMITED;
ISLAND INSURANCE COMPANY, LTD.; LIBERTY MUTUAL FIRE
INSURANCE COMPANY; LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.; NATIONAL
SURETY CORP.; PROGRESSIVE CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY;
PROGRESSIVE HAWAII INSURANCE CORP.; PROGRESSIVE NORTHERN
INSURANCE COMPANY;
PROGRESSIVE NORTHWESTERN INSURANCE
COMPANY; PROGRESSIVE SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY; ROYAL
INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA; STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE
INSURANCE CO.; TIG
INSURANCE COMPANY; TIG PREMIER INSURANCE
COMPANY; TOKIO MARINE AND FIRE INSURANCE
CO., LTD.;
TRADEWIND INSURANCE COMPANY; TRAVELERS INSURANCE CO.; USAA
CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.;
Defendants-Appellees
STATE
NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY; RLI INSURANCE CO.;
STAR INSURANCE CO; TRADEWINDS U-DRIVE, INC.; JOHN and
JANE DOES 1-10; DOE CORPORATIONS 1-10; DOE PARTNERSHIPS 1-10
and DOE ENTITIES 1-10, Defendants
APPEAL FROM THE FIRST CIRCUIT COURT
(CIV. NO. 99-4269)
DATED: Honolulu, Hawai`i, October 5, 2004.
Paul Maki for
plaintiff-appellant,
on the motion.