KOBASHIGAWA v. SILVA

No. SCWC-30639.

300 P.3d 579 (2013)

129 Hawai`i 313

Lisa KOBASHIGAWA, as Personal Representative of the Estate of William S. Kobashigawa, Deceased, and Earl Kobashigawa and Gail Pei, as Co-Trustees of the Margaret M. Kobashigawa Revocable Living Trust and as Assignees of Margaret M. Kobashigawa, Deceased, Respondents/Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Joseph M.K. SILVA, Defendant, and City and County of Honolulu, Petitioner/Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Hawai`i.

April 26, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Traci Rei Morita , for petitioner.

Arthur Y. Park , Patricia Kim Park , and John C. McLaren , for respondents.

RECKTENWALD, C.J., NAKAYAMA, ACOBA, McKENNA, and POLLACK, JJ.


Opinion of the Court by NAKAYAMA, J.

When a trial judge makes an unequivocal ruling that evidence is admissible at trial, the party that had sought to exclude such evidence by means of a motion in limine need not renew its objection when that evidence is introduced at trial in order to preserve the objection for appellate review.

In this case, Respondents/Plaintiffs-Appellants Lisa Kobashigawa and Margaret M. Kobashigawa (collectively, the Kobashigawas) brought...

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