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.