GECC FINANCIAL CORP. v. JAFFARIAN

No. 16397.

905 P.2d 624 (1995)

80 Hawai`i 118

GECC FINANCIAL CORPORATION, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Lois I. JAFFARIAN and Becky H. Pillard, Respondents-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Hawai`i.

October 31, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David C. Farmer, Lyle M. Ishida, Lynce & Farmer, on the briefs, Honolulu, for petitioner-appellee.

Edward C. Kemper, on the briefs, Honolulu, for respondents-appellants.

Before MOON, C.J., LEVINSON, NAKAYAMA and RAMIL, JJ., and CHANG, Circuit Judge, in place of KLEIN, J., recused.


NAKAYAMA, Justice.

We issued a writ of certiorari to review the decision of the Intermediate Court of Appeals (ICA) in GECC Financial Corp. v. Jaffarian, 79 Haw. 516, 904 P.2d 530 (1995), specifically to address whether, on a motion for summary judgment, the plaintiff-movant has the initial burden of disproving every affirmative defense asserted by the defendant.

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