SYLVESTER v. ANIMAL EMERGENCY CLINIC OF OAHU

No. 14495.

825 P.2d 1053 (1992)

M. Suzanne SYLVESTER, D.V.M., Respondent-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.; Petitioners-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

February 7, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward deLappe Boyle and Ernest Nomura (Cades Schutte Fleming & Wright, of counsel), Honolulu, for respondent-appellant.

Harold Chu and Robert J. Morris, Honolulu, for petitioners-appellees.


MOON, Justice.

We granted certiorari to review a decision of the Intermediate Court of Appeals (ICA) that set aside a settlement agreement based on lack of consideration. ___ Haw. App. ___, 823 P.2d 745. We find that the settlement agreement was based on a disputed and unliquidated claim which the parties resolved by their promise of mutual concessions as a means of terminating their dispute...

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