SU DUK KIM v. H.V. CORP.

No. 9415.

688 P.2d 1158 (1984)

SU DUK KIM, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. H.V. CORPORATION, a Hawaii corporation, dba Yun Hee Lounge, Nam Soo Kim, and Yun Hee Im, Defendants-Appellees, and Great Southwest Fire Insurance Company, Applicant for Intervention-Appellant.

Intermediate Court of Appeals of Hawaii.

September 21, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Bordner, Honolulu (Gary L. Miller, Honolulu, with him on the brief; Burke, Ashford, Sakai, McPheeters, Bordner & Gilardy, Honolulu, of counsel), for applicant for intervention-appellant.

Edward Y.N. Kim, Honolulu (Kim & Kim, Honolulu, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee Su Duk Kim.

Wayne D. Parsons, Honolulu, for defendants-appellees H.V. Corp. and Yun Hee Im.

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


BURNS, Chief Judge.

Great Southwest Fire Insurance Company (Great Southwest) appeals the denial of its application under Rule 24(a) of the Hawaii Rules of Civil Procedure (HRCP) to intervene by right in this case as a defendant. We hold that Great Southwest had a right to intervene and reverse.

This case arose out of an incident at the Yun Hee Lounge (Lounge) in late September of 1978. While he was a patron of the Lounge around its closing time, Su Duk Kim...

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