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YUKUMOTO v. TAWARAHARA

SCAP-15-0000460.

400 P.3d 486 (2017)

Gregory Shigeo YUKUMOTO and Diane Yukumoto, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Ruth TAWARAHARA, Defendant-Appellee. Hawai`i Medical Service Association, Intervenor-Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Ruth Tawarahara, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Hawai`i.

MAY 26, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dianne Winter Brookins , Honolulu, for appellant.

Woodruff K. Soldner , Honolulu, for appellees, Gregory Yukumoto and Diane Yukumoto ( Charles J. Ferrera for appellee Ruth Tawarahara, with him on the brief).

RECKTENWALD, C.J., NAKAYAMA, McKENNA, POLLACK, AND WILSON, JJ.

This case presents an issue of first impression: whether health insurers have subrogation rights against third-party tortfeasors who cause injury to their insureds. For the following reasons, we conclude that a health insurer does not have a broad, unrestricted right of subrogation, but rather is limited...

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