TUINEI v. CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU

No. 7666.

636 P.2d 1363 (1981)

Michelle TUINEI, as Next Friend of Moana Mae Moe, a minor, Plaintiff-Appellant, and Auomanu Moe, Individually and as Administrator to the Estate of Fitisemanu J. Moe, deceased, Ella Moe, Plaintiffs, v. CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU, a municipal corporation, Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff, and Boyd K. ANDRADE, Jr., Bernard G. Decoito, Melvin D. Decosta, James M. Duarte, Maurice A. Geolina, Jr., Bruce B. Monro, Gaylord N. Ortiz, Bonifacio Pabillano, Jr., Raymond B. S. Pang, Jr., Sini F. Salanoa, Francisco Tagalicod, Jr., Tatsushi Takabayashi and Timothy K. T. Wong, Jr., Defendants, v. SPENCECLIFF CORPORATION, dba Beef 'N Grog, Third-Party Defendant. Ruby Y. AH QUIN, Individually and as Next Friend of Henry Moe Ah Quin, Sau'Maniafaese Mike Ah Quin, Fitisemanu John Moe, Jr., Ah Quin and Francis Napua Ah Quin, Jr., minors, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. The CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU, a municipal corporation, Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff, and Bruce B. MONRO, Gaylord N. Ortiz, Bonifacio Pabillano, Jr., Raymond B. S. Pang, Jr., Sini F. Salanoa, Francisco Tagalicod, Jr., Tatsushi Takabayashi, Boyd K. Andrade, Jr., Bernard G. Decoito, and Melvin D. Decosta, Defendants, v. SPENCECLIFF CORPORATION, dba Beef 'N Grog, Third-Party Defendant. Mila ACKERMAN, as Next Friend of Fred Dana Young, a minor, Plaintiff, v. CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU, a municipal corporation, Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff, and Boyd K. ANDRADE, Jr., Bernard G. Decoito, Melvin D. Decosta, James M. Duarte, Maurice A. Geolina, Jr., Bruce B. Monro, Gaylord N. Ortiz, Bonifacio Pabillano, Jr., Raymond B. S. Pang, Jr., Sini F. Salanoa, Francisco Tagalicod, Jr., Tatsushi Takabayashi and Timothy K. T. Wong, Jr., Defendants, v. SPENCECLIFF CORPORATION, dba Beef 'N Grog, Third-Party Defendant. Tuitoga MOE, Plaintiff, v. CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU, Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff, and Boyd K. ANDRADE, Jr., Bernard G. Decoito, Melvin D. Decosta, Gaylord N. Ortiz, Raymond B. S. Pang, Jr., Francisco Tagalicod, Jr., Timothy K. T. Wong, Jr., Defendants, v. SPENCECLIFF CORPORATION, dba Beef 'N Grog and Estate of Fitisemanu J. Moe, Deceased, Third-Party Defendant.

Intermediate Court of Appeals of Hawaii.

December 3, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Reinhard Mohr, Honolulu, on briefs, David C. Schutter, Alan Corp., Honolulu, for appellant.

Sean Kim, Honolulu, on brief (Gill, Park, Park & Kim, Honolulu, of counsel), for appellees.

Before HAYASHI, C.J., and PADGETT and BURNS, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from an order dismissing an attorney's lien for fees in a contingent fee case. Essentially, it is a dispute between attorneys over whether a fee should be divided and does not involve the clients. The attorneys are the real parties in interest. After briefing had been completed, we entered an order giving the parties an opportunity to file a memorandum as to the effect on this case of Carroll v. Miyashiro, 50 Haw...

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