ROSA v. CWJ CONTRACTORS, LTD.

No. 8584.

664 P.2d 745 (1983)

Hiram ROSA and Myrna L. Rosa, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CWJ CONTRACTORS, LTD., doing business as Solar Hawaii, CWJ Corporation, Ltd., and Hawaiian Leasing Co., Inc., Defendants-Appellants.

Intermediate Court of Appeals of Hawaii.

May 18, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip D. Bogetto, Honolulu, for defendants-appellants.

Dean T. Nagamine, Honolulu (Bert T. Kobayashi, Jr. and John T. Komeiji, Honolulu, on the brief; Kobayashi, Watanabe, Sugita & Kawashima, Honolulu, of counsel), for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before BURNS, C.J., and HEEN and TANAKA, JJ.


TANAKA, Judge.

Defendant CWJ Contractors, Ltd. (Contractors) appeals the denial of its motion to dismiss and the granting of a summary judgment in favor of plaintiffs Hiram Rosa and Myrna L. Rosa (the Rosas). The appeal presents for our review the oft litigated issues involving the applicability of the res judicata and equitable estoppel doctrines. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

Prior to the commencement of this action (Civil No. 60612), the...

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