RYAN v. TANABE CORP.

No. 21068.

37 P.3d 554 (1999)

97 Hawai`i 305

Joseph A. RYAN and Helen B. Ryan, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. TANABE CORPORATION, a Japan corporation, and Tanac Corporation, a Hawai`i corporation, Defendants-Appellees, and Ichiro Sakakura, individually and as an officer and/or agent of Tanabe Corporation and/or Tanac Corporation; Robert M. Kaya Builders, Inc.; and Doe Defendants 1-100, Defendants, and Robert M. Kaya Builders, Inc., Third-Party Plaintiff, v. L.T. Kuwasaki, Inc.; Tajiri Lumber, Ltd.; Akamai Landscaping & Maintenance; And Jayar Construction, Inc., Third-Party Defendants.

Intermediate Court of Appeals of Hawai`i.

Reconsideration Denied September 27, 1999.

Certiorari Granted November 2, 1999.

Certiorari Dismissed January 11, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph A. Ryan and Helen B. Ryan, on the briefs, plaintiffs-appellants pro se.

Jeffrey H.K. Sia, Stephen G. Dyer, and Gary S. Miyamoto (Ayabe, Chong, Nishimoto, Sia & Nakamura), Honolulu, and Don S. Kitaoka, on the brief, for defendants-appellees.

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


Opinion of the Court by WATANABE, J.

In this appeal, Plaintiffs-Appellants Joseph A. Ryan (Joseph) and Helen B. Ryan (Helen) (collectively, the Ryans) contend that the Circuit Court of the First Circuit (the circuit court): (1) reversibly erred in granting summary judgment in favor of Defendants-Appellees Tanabe Corporation (Tanabe), a Japan corporation, and Tanac Corporation (Tanac), a Hawai`i corporation, (collectively, Defendants) and in ruling, as a matter of...

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