LANGAMAN v. MIKE SALTA PONTIAC, INC.

No. 8276.

659 P.2d 752 (1983)

Pablo LANGAMAN, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MIKE SALTA PONTIAC, INC., Defendant, and Bank of Hawaii, Defendant-Appellee.

Intermediate Court of Appeals of Hawaii.

As Amended March 7, 1983.

Motion for Reconsideration Granted March 7, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Harris Paer, Honolulu (Cheryl Tipton with him on the briefs; Legal Aid Society of Hawaii, Honolulu), for plaintiff-appellant.

Leroy T. Kuwasaki, Jr., Honolulu, for defendant-appellee.

Leroy T. Kuwasaki, Jr., Rhan R. Buffington and Anthony S. Chan, Honolulu, on the motion, for defendant-appellee.

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


BURNS, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff-Appellant Pablo Langaman, Jr. (Langaman) appeals the denial of his request for $13,158.00 as reasonable attorney's fees and the award of only $69.42. We reverse and remand for a redetermination of the amount of the award.

The two dispositive issues in this case and our answers to them are:

I. Whether Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) section 607-14 (1976)1 limits the

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