Electronically Filed

Supreme Court

SCWC-28792

06-AUG-2012

02:32 PM

NO. SCWC-28792

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAII

WILLIAM RONALD DOLAN, CPA, Special Administrator for the Estate of ROSALINA ITURRALDE, and MIGUEL FUNES ITURRALDE,

aka MIKE I. FUNES, Successor Personal Representative for the Estate of ARTURO C. ITURRALDE, Respondents and

Petitioners/Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Appellees,

vs.

HILO MEDICAL CENTER, a Hawaii Non-Profit Corporation, HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION, a Public Benefit Corporation,

STATE OF HAWAII,

Respondents/Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants,

and

MEDTRONIC SOFAMOR DANEK, USA, a Tennessee Corporation

Licensed to do Business in Hawaii,

Petitioner/Defendant-Appellee,

and

ROBERT RICKETSON, M.D., Defendant-Appellee.

CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS

(CIVIL NO. 03-1-0017) ORDER REJECTING MEDTRONIC’S APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI

(By: Nakayama, Acting C.J., Acoba, and McKenna, JJ., Circuit Judge Nacino, in place of Recktenwald, C.J., recused, and Circuit Judge Kubo Jr., assigned by reason of vacancy)

Petitioner/Defendant-Appellee Medtronic Sofamor Danek USA, Inc.’s application for writ of certiorari, filed on June 22, 2012, is hereby rejected.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawaii, August 6, 2012.

/s/ Paula A. Nakayama Edmund Burke, John Reyes-Burke, David Y. Suzuki, and Murray Levin /s/ Simeon R. Acoba, Jr. on the Application for Medtronic.

/s/ Sabrina S. McKenna Mark S. Davis, Michael K. Livingston, and Robert P. Marx /s/ Edwin C. Nacino on the Response.

/s/ Edward H. Kubo, Jr.