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STATE BY BRONSTER v. U.S. STEEL CORP.

No. 17695.

919 P.2d 294 (1996)

82 Hawai`i 32

STATE of Hawai`i, By Margery S. BRONSTER, Attorney General, Plaintiff-Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee/Cross-Appellant, and Erkel Greenfield and Associates, Inc.; Charles Luckman; Samuel M. Burnett; The Luckman Partnership, Inc.; formerly known as Charles Luckman And Associates; Dillingham Corporation, dba Hawaiian Dredging And Construction Company, Inc.; Inryco, Inc.; formerly known as Inland Ryerson Company, Inc.; Hawai`i Welding Co., Ltd.; Diversified Earth Sciences, Inc.; Mountain States Steel Company, Inc., aka Emessessco, Inc., Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc.; Bethlehem Steel Corporation; Kaiser Steel Corporation; Nippon Steel (U.S.A.), Inc.; Nippon Steel Corporation; Riedel International, Inc., fka Williamette Western Corporation; Severud, Perrone, Sturm, Conlin And Bandel, aka Severud, Perrone, Szegezdy & Strum; The Ogden Corporation; Mitsui & Co., Ltd.; Rudy Veland; Michael T. Suzuki; Michael T. Suzuki & Associates, Inc.; Argonaut Insurance Company; Charles Shumsky; John Does 4-100; Mary Roes 1-100; Doe Partnerships 2-100; and Doe Corporations 9-100; Defendants. HAWAI`I WELDING CO., LTD., Third-Party Plaintiff, v. GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, Third-Party Defendant.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

June 24, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Marks, Former Attorney General, and Girard D. Lau and Peter L. Yee, Deputy Attorneys General, and David J. Dezzani and Wayne A. Muraoka of Goodsill, Anderson, Quinn & Stifel, Special Deputy Attorneys General, on the briefs, Honolulu, for Plaintiff-Appellant/Cross-Appellee State of Hawai`i.

Richard R. Clifton and Milton M. Yasunaga of Cades, Schutte, Fleming & Wright, Honolulu, and Tony Berman of Berman Paley Goldstein & Kannry, New York City, pro hac vice, and John M. Rochefort and David S. MacCuish of McClintock, Weston, Benshoof, Roschfort Rubalcava & MacCuish, Los Angeles, Cal., pro hac vice, on the briefs, for Defendant-Appellee/Cross-Appellant United States Steel Corporation.

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

MOON, Chief Justice.

In this case, dealing with the rusting steel structure of O`ahu's Aloha Stadium, plaintiff-appellant/cross-appellee State of Hawai`i (state) appeals from the judgment, after a jury trial, entered in favor of defendant-appellee/cross-appellant United States Steel Corporation (USX, USS, or U.S. Steel). On appeal, the state argues that: (1) the circuit court erred in granting USX's motion to dismiss its negligent misrepresentation claim on the basis...

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