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JONES v. PHILLIPSON

No. 20799.

987 P.2d 1015 (1999)

92 Hawai`i 117

H. Stanley JONES and Roberta Jones, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Bill PHILLIPSON and Happy Vincent, Defendants-Appellees, and John Does 1-10, Doe Entities 1-10, Doe Partnerships 1-10, and Doe Corporations 1-10, Defendants.

Intermediate Court of Appeals of Hawai`i.

January 28, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Murphy, Lihue, on the briefs, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Malvin D. Dohrman, Kilauea, on the brief, for defendants-appellees.

BURNS, C.J., ACOBA, and KIRIMITSU, JJ.

Opinion of the Court by ACOBA, J.

We hold that while Hawai`i Revised Statutes (HRS) § 444-22 (1993) bars an unlicensed contractor from maintaining an action to recover for contracting services, where the other party to the contract is a member of the general public, that party can maintain an action on the contract against the unlicensed contractor.

We further hold that where such a party violates the owner...

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