MACABIO v. TIG INS. CO.

No. 19659.

955 P.2d 100 (1998)

87 Hawai`i 307

Jusinto I. MACABIO and Rosalyn S. Macabio, Petitioners-Appellants, v. TIG INSURANCE COMPANY, a California corporation, Calen R. Matsuno, John Does 1-10, Jane Does 1-10, Doe Corporations 1-10, Roe "Non-Profit" Corporations 1-10, and Roe Governmental Entities 1-10, Defendants-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Hawai`i.

May 21, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bert S. Sakuda, of Cronin, Fried Sekiya, Kekina & Fairbanks, on the briefs, Honolulu, and Louis P. Mendonca, Hilo, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Rhonda A. Nishimura, Francis M. Nakamoto, of Ayabe, Chong, Nishimoto, Sia & Nakamura, on the briefs, Honolulu, for defendant-appellee TIG Insurance Company.

James H. Hershey, of Fukunaga, Matayoshi, Hershey & Ching, on the briefs, Honolulu, for defendant-appellee Calen R. Matsuno.

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


KLEIN, Justice.

This appeal arises out of an insurance dispute over plaintiffs-appellants Jusinto and Rose Macabio's entitlement to stacked underinsured motorist (UIM)1 benefits under their automobile insurance policy with defendant-appellee TIG Insurance (TIG). The circuit court granted TIG's motion for summary judgment in a declaratory judgment action. The circuit court's ruling declared that TIG presented a legally sufficient offer...

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