ROSS v. STOUFFER HOTEL CO. (HAWAI`I) LTD.

No. 16486.

879 P.2d 1037 (1994)

76 Hawai`i 454

Harvey J. ROSS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. STOUFFER HOTEL COMPANY (HAWAI`I) LTD., INC., d/b/a Stouffer Waiohai Resort; Glenn Perry, in his official capacity as General Manager of Stouffer Waiohai Resort; Carol Furtado, in her official capacity as Director of Personnel of Stouffer Waiohai Resort, Defendants-Appellees and John Does 1-10; Jane Does 1-10; Doe Business Entities 1-10; Doe Corporations 1-10; and Doe Partnerships 1-10, Defendants.

Supreme Court of Hawai`i.

August 30, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Tagupa (Elizabeth Jubin Fujiwara and Ronald T. Fujiwara with him, on the briefs), Honolulu, for plaintiff-appellant.

Perry W. Confalone (Robert S. Katz with him on the brief; Torkildson, Katz, Jossem, Fonseca, Jaffe, Moore & Hetherington), Honolulu, for defendants-appellees.

John Ishihara, on the brief, Honolulu, for amicus curiae Hawai`i Civil Rights Com'n.

Before MOON, C.J., and KLEIN, LEVINSON, NAKAYAMA and RAMIL, JJ.


NAKAYAMA, Justice.

Plaintiff-appellant Harvey J. Ross filed an action against defendant-appellee Stouffer Hotel Company (Hawai`i) Ltd. (Stouffer)1 in the Circuit Court of the Fifth Circuit, State of Hawai`i, after Stouffer discharged him from his position as a massage therapist at the Waiohai Resort (the Resort), on the island of Kaua'i, because of his marital status. At the time he was discharged, Ross was married to Viviana Treffry,...

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