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CARRIER v. HAWAII INS. GUAR. ASS'N

No. 11020.

721 P.2d 1236 (1986)

Paul CARRIER and Kuniyuki & Chang, a Hawaii general partnership, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. HAWAII INSURANCE GUARANTY ASSOCIATION, an unincorporated association, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

July 18, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Glenn M. Nagata, Kuniyuki & Chang (Ken T. Kuniyuki, with him on the briefs), Honolulu, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Gene K. Lau, Rice, Lee & Wong (Larry C.Y. Lee, with him on the brief), Honolulu, for defendant-appellee.

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

LUM, Chief Justice.

This case involves interpretation of the Hawaii Insurance Guaranty Association Act found in Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) Chapter 431D. The issue is whether the Hawaiian Insurance Guaranty Association (HIGA) must pay for a claimant's attorney's fees where the claimant's insurance company has become insolvent and the claimant has received insurance compensation up to the policy limit. In this situation, for the reasons stated below, we find that...

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