BROWN v. KFC NATIONAL MANAGEMENT CO.

No. 18319.

921 P.2d 146 (1996)

82 Hawai`i 226

Larry BROWN; Angelica Brown; Drake Alabanza; and Lou Alabanza, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. KFC NATIONAL MANAGEMENT COMPANY, a Delaware Corporation; KFC U.S.A., a Foreign Corporation; Lars Peterson, Defendants-Appellants, and Doe Defendants 1-10, Defendants.

Supreme Court of Hawai`i.

Reconsideration Denied August 27, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matt A. Tsukazaki and Ernest C. Moore, III of Torkildson, Katz, Jossem, Fonseca, Jaffe, Moore & Hetherington, on the briefs, Honolulu, for defendants-appellants KFC National Management Company, KFC U.S.A. Incorporated, and Lars Peterson.

David F. Simons, Simons & Associates, and Davis & Levin, on the briefs, Honolulu, for plaintiffs-appellees Drake Alabanza and Lou Alabanza.

John Ishihara, Chief Counsel, Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, on the briefs, Honolulu, for amicus curiae Hawai`i Civil Rights Commission.

Before MOON, C.J., KLEIN, LEVINSON and NAKAYAMA, JJ., and Circuit Court Judge MICHAEL TOWN, in place of RAMIL, J., Recused.


LEVINSON, Justice.

The defendants-appellants KFC National Management Company, KFC U.S.A. Incorporated, and Lars Peterson (collectively, "KFC") appeal from the circuit court's decision and order denying KFC's motion to stay action and to compel arbitration of the claims asserted by the plaintiffs-appellees Drake Alabanza (Drake), a former employee of KFC, and his wife, Lou Alabanza (Lou) (collectively, "the Alabanzas") in their complaint filed in the first circuit...

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