CHANG v. BUFFINGTON

No. 30259.

256 P.3d 694 (2011)

125 Haw. 186

Walter Y.C. CHANG, Individually and as Trustee under that certain unrecorded Trust Agreement of Walter Yin Choy Chang dated August 3, 1982, and Sylvia S.W. Chang, Individually and as Trustee under that certain unrecorded Trust Agreement of Sylvia Seu Way Chang, dated August 3, 1982, Respondents/Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Eadean Michie BUFFINGTON, Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant, and Steve Montgomery Crouch, Naomi Hokulani Crouch, Hokulani Square, Inc., Investors Funding Corporation, Respondents/Defendants-Appellees, and Integrity Escrow and Title Company, Inc., fka First Financial Title and Escrow Agency of Hawaii, Inc., nka Hawaii Escrow & Title, Inc., Petitioner/Third-Party Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Hawai`i.

July 13, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl H. Osaki , on the application, for petitioner/defendant-appellant.

RECKTENWALD, C.J., Circuit Judge SAKAMOTO, in Place of DUFFY, J., Recused, and Circuit Judge AHN, Assigned by Reason of Vacancy; with NAKAYAMA, J., Dissenting, with whom Circuit Judge Trader, in Place of ACOBA, J., Recused, Joins.


Opinion of the Court by RECKTENWALD, C.J.

In this appeal, we consider whether the Intermediate Court of Appeals had jurisdiction to review a good faith settlement determination, which was made by a federal bankruptcy court prior to the case being remanded to state court.

Eadean Michie Buffington seeks review of the Intermediate Court of Appeals' June 4, 2010 order dismissing Buffington and Integrity Escrow and Title Company, Inc.'s1

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