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DAWES v. FIRST INS. CO. OF HAWAI`I LTD.

No. 15457.

883 P.2d 38 (1994)

77 Hawai`i 117

Jeanette DAWES, Individually and as Special Administrator of the Estate of Elizabeth Jean Bockhorn, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FIRST INSURANCE COMPANY OF HAWAI`I, LIMITED, a Hawai`i corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Hawai`i.

Reconsideration Denied November 1, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ian L. Mattoch (Roger I. Hoffman with him on the briefs), Honolulu, for plaintiff-appellant Jeanette Dawes.

Bradford F.K. Bliss of Lyons, Brandt, Cook & Hiramatsu, Honolulu, for defendant-appellee First Ins. Co. of Hawai`i, Ltd.

Before MOON, C.J., KLEIN, LEVINSON and NAKAYAMA, JJ., and WALTER M. HEEN, Intermediate Court of Appeals Judge, in place of RAMIL, J., Recused.

LEVINSON, Justice.

This case calls upon us to revisit National Union Fire Ins. Co. v. Olson, 69 Haw. 559, 751 P.2d 666 (1988), in order to clarify further the nature and scope of uninsured motorist (UM) insurance coverage under applicable Hawai`i law. The plaintiff-appellant Jeanette Dawes, individually and as special administrator of the estate of her daughter, Elizabeth Jean Bockhorn, deceased, has appealed from the circuit...

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