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ARQUETTE v. STATE

No. SCWC-11-0000416.

290 P.3d 493 (2012)

128 Haw. 423

Alden James ARQUETTE, Petitioner/Plaintiff-Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. STATE of Hawai`i, Stephen H. Levins, and Michael J.S. Moriyama, Respondents/Defendants-Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Hawai`i.

December 14, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric A. Seitz , Della Au Bellati , Ronald N.W. Kim , for petitioner.

Dennis K. Ferm , Caron M. Inagaki , for respondents.

NAKAYAMA, Acting C.J, ACOBA, McKENNA, and POLLACK, JJ., and Circuit Judge CRANDALL, in Place of RECKTENWALD, C.J., Recused.

Opinion of the Court by ACOBA, J.

We hold, first, that a plaintiff may bring an action in tort for the maintenance of a malicious prosecution as well as for the initiation of a malicious prosecution. Second, we hold that the Circuit Court of the First Circuit (the court)1 properly granted the December 24, 2009 motion for summary judgment filed by Respondents/Defendants-Appellees/Cross-Appellants State of Hawai`i (the State), Stephen H...

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