SYLVESTER v. ANIMAL EMERGENCY CLINIC

No. 14495.

823 P.2d 745 (1990)

M. Suzanne SYLVESTER, D.V.M., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ANIMAL EMERGENCY CLINIC OF OAHU; Darrell C. Allison, D.V.M.; K.F. Choy, D.V.M.; Nam Y. Chung, D.V.M.; James E. Deemer, D.V.M.; Peter D. Herman, D.V.M.; James H. Higa, D.V.M.; Roy E. Hubbard, D.V.M.; Francis T. Kamiya, D.V.M.; Clifford Kumamoto, D.V.M.; Timothy Lau, D.V.M.; Robert A. Morris, D.V.M.; Lester G. Naito, D.V.M.; Edward K. Nakagawa, D.V.M.; Donald H. Wong, D.V.M.; Kerry K. Yoon, D.V.M.; and Richard Lawton, D.V.M., Defendants-Appellees.

Intermediate Court of Appeals of Hawaii.

Reconsideration Denied January 22, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward deLappe Boyle, and Ernest H. Nomura, (Cades Schutte Fleming & Wright, of counsel), on the briefs, Honolulu, for plaintiff-appellant.

Harold Chu, on the brief, Honolulu, for defendants-appellees.

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


TANAKA, Judge.

Plaintiff M. Suzanne Sylvester (Sylvester), a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, appeals from the circuit court's orders (1) enforcing an oral settlement agreement, and (2) denying her the interest awarded to her in a $15,512 arbitration award. Sylvester argues that (1) the settlement agreement was not enforceable due to lack of consideration, and (2) the circuit court erred in ruling that she had waived her right to the interest. We conclude that (1) the...

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