NOS. 25923 & 25924
IN THE
SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI`I
No. 25923
(Civ.
No. 01-1-1880)
HAWAII MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff-Appellant,
vs.
HAWAII
MEDICAL SERVICE ASSOCIATION, INC.,
Defendant-Appellee.
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No. 25924
(Civ. No.
02-1-1872 DDD)
MAXWELL
COOPER, M.D., and MICHON MORITA, M.D.,
on behalf of themselves and all
others similarly
situation,
Plaintiffs-Appellants,
vs.
HAWAII
MEDICAL SERVICE ASSOCIATION, INC.,
Defendant-Appellee.
APPEAL FROM THE FIRST CIRCUIT COURT
(CIV. NOS.
02-1-1880 & 02-1-1872 DDD)
ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT-APPELLEE'S
MOTION FOR
RECONSIDERATION
(By Moon, C.J., for the court
(1))
Upon consideration of defendant-appellee Hawaii Medical Service
Association's motion for reconsideration, filed
September 18, 2006, the papers in support thereof, in opposition
thereto, and the record herein,
IT IS HEREBY
ORDERED that the motion is denied. Associate Justices Nakayama and
Acoba, having dissented in part
from the majority's September 8, 2006 opinion, do not concur and would
grant the motion.
DATED: Honolulu,
Hawai`i, October 25, 2006.
Ellen Godbey Carson and
Paul Alston (of Alston Hunt
Floyd & Ing) and Robert
Carson Godbey and Jess H.
Griffiths (of Godbey Griffiths
Reis), for defendant-appellee
in appeal Nos. 25923 & 25924,
on the motion
Warren Price, III, Robert
A. Marks, and Rick J. Eichor,
(of Price Okamoto Himeno &
Lum); Robert F. Miller; and
Pamela M. Parker, pro hac
vice (of Lerach Coughlin
Stoia Geller Rudman &
Robbins, San Diego); Edith
M. Kallas and Joseph P.
Guglielmo, pro hac vice,
(of Whatley Drake & Kallas,
LLC, New York),
for plaintiff-appellant
in appeal No. 25923 and
for plaintiffs-appellants
in appeal No. 25924,
in opposition
1.
Considered by: Moon, C.J., Levinson, Nakayama, and Acoba, JJ.; Circuit
Judge Blondin, in place of Duffy, J., recused.