FRANK v. HAWAII PLANING MILL FOUNDATION

No. 20343.

963 P.2d 349 (1998)

88 Hawai`i 140

Peter FRANK, Respondent-Appellant, v. HAWAII PLANING MILL FOUNDATION and Hawaii Planing Mill, Ltd., Petitioners-Appellees, and HM Black, Inc., dba Express Employment, Respondent-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Hawai`i.

Reconsideration Granted in Part and Opinion Amended October 8, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dean E. Ochiai (of the Law Office of Dean E. Ochiai) and Thomas E. Cook and Steven Y. Otaguro (of Lyons, Brandt, Cook & Hiramatsu), on the briefs, for petitioners-appellees.

Arthur Y. Park, Laurent J. Remillard, Jr. and John C. McLaren (of Park Park Yu & Remillard), on the briefs, for respondent-appellant.

Andrew L. Pepper and Melani S. Mito (of Marr Jones & Pepper) and Robert C. Rice, pro hac vice (of Rice & Associates, Houston, TX), on the briefs, for amicus curiae National Association of Professional Employer Organizations.

Andrew L. Pepper and Melanie S. Mito (of Marr Jones & Pepper), on the briefs, for amicus curiae Altres, Inc.

Lyle Y. Harada (of Watanabe, IngKawashima) and Charles S. Birenbaum and Robert Spagat, pro hac vice (of Thelen Reid & Priest, LLP, of San Francisco, CA), on the briefs, for amicus curiae National Technical Services Association and National Association of Temporary and Staffing Services.

Stephen D. Whittaker and David W. Lacy (of Whittaker & Lacy), on the briefs, for amicus curiae Land-N-Sea Welding, Inc.

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


MOON, Chief Justice.

Following the Intermediate Court of Appeals' (ICA) disposition of this case by published opinion, filed on May 29, 1998, petitioners-appellees Hawaii Planing Mill Foundation and Hawaii Planing Mill, Ltd. (collectively HPM or statutory employer1) petitions this court for a writ of certiorari.2 HPM argues that the ICA erred in holding that respondent-appellant Peter Frank was permitted to...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases