VEGA v. NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO.

No. 9165.

682 P.2d 73 (1984)

Maryalyce VEGA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. NATIONAL UNION FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF PITTSBURGH, PA., INC., a Pennsylvania corporation, American International Adjustment Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and Beverly A. Love, Defendants-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

May 3, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry M. Kurren, Honolulu (Howard F. McPheeters and Brian Aburano, Honolulu, with him on the briefs, Burke, Ashford, Sakai, McPheeters, Bordner & Gilardy, Honolulu, of counsel), for defendant-appellant Nat. Union Fire Ins. Co.

Henry N. Kitamura, Honolulu (Raymond J. Tam and Roy K.S. Chang, Honolulu, with him on the brief, Shim, Sigal, Tam & Naito, Honolulu, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee.

Randall Y. Iwase, Deputy Atty. Gen., Honolulu, for amicus curiae State of Hawaii.

Clyde Matsui and Randall Y.S. Chung, Honolulu, for amicus curiae State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.

Paul T. Yamamura, Honolulu (Libkuman, Ventura, Ayabe & Hughes, Honolulu, of counsel), for amicus curiae Tokio Marine & Fire Ins. Co.

Steven J. Trecker, Honolulu (McKenzie, Trecker & Fritz, Honolulu, of counsel), on the brief for amicus curiae Hawaii Academy of plaintiff's attorneys.

Before LUM, C.J., and NAKAMURA, PADGETT, HAYASHI and WAKATSUKI, JJ.


NAKAMURA, Justice.

A rule promulgated by the Insurance Commissioner of the State of Hawaii pursuant to the Hawaii Motor Vehicle Accident Reparations Law (the No-Fault Insurance Law)1 mandates that "[a]ny [no-fault insurance] policy issued or renewed on or after September 1, 1974 shall provide the coverage required of a no-fault policy in accordance with the endorsement prescribed by the Commissioner...

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