Jou v. Argonaut Insurance Company (Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari)

NO. 27281

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI‘I

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EMERSON M.F. JOU, M.D., Plaintiff-Appellant-Petitioner

vs.

ARGONAUT INSURANCE COMPANY, an Entity, Form Unknown; CITY AND
COUNTY OF HONOLULU, A Self-Insured Governmental Entity; HEMIC,
aka Hawaii Employers Medical Insurance Company, An Entity, Form
Unknown; And MARRIOTT CLAIM SERVICES CORPORATION, a Corporation,
Defendants-Appellees-Respondents.

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CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS
(CIV. NO. 03-1-1445)

ORDER REJECTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI
(By: Levinson, J., for the court, and Acoba, J., dissenting ⁽¹⁾)

Upon consideration of the application for writ of certiorari filed on October 29, 2007, by the plaintiff-appellant-petitioner Emerson M.F. Jou, M.D., the application is hereby rejected.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai‘i, December 13, 2007.

Stephen M. Shaw,
for the plaintiff-appellant-petitioner
Emerson M.F. Jou, M.D.,
on the application

Richard F. Nakamura and
Steven L. Goto of
Ayabe, Chong, Nishimoto, Sia & Nakamura,
for the defendant-appellee-respondent
Mariott Claim Services Corporation,
on the opposition

John Reyes-Burke of
Burke McPheeters Bordner & Estes,
for the defendant-appellee-respondent
HEMIC, aka Hawaii Employers Medical Insurance Company
on the joinder to the memorandum in opposition to the
application

1.      Considered by: Moon, C.J., Levinson, Nakayama, Acoba, and Duffy, JJ.