Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCWC-29912 NO. SCWC-29912 26-JAN-2012 08:29 AM IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI#I

COLLIN CABATBAT, Respondent/Plaintiff-Appellee,

vs.

BARRY CURTIS, Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant,

and

STATE OF HAWAII, UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII dba UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO aka UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII HILO; JULIE ANN BECK; Defendants-Appellees, ----------------------------------------------------------------- BARRY CURTIS, Third-Party Plaintiff,

vs.

BRENDA CABATBAT and DAVID CABATBAT, Third-Party Defendants-Appellees.

CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS (ICA NO. 29912; CIV. NO. 07-1-0418)

ORDER REJECTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI (By: Recktenwald, C.J. Nakayama, Acoba, Duffy, and McKenna, JJ.)

Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant’s application for writ of certiorari filed on December 19, 2011, is hereby rejected. DATED: Honolulu, Hawai#i, January 26, 2012. Jason M. Tani and Lisa /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald Strandtman of Rush Moore, LLP, for petitioner/ /s/ Paula A. Nakayama defendant-appellant on the application /s/ Simeon R. Acoba, Jr.

Dwayne Stephen Lerma and /s/ James E. Duffy, Jr. Jo Anne E. Goya of Lerma & Goya for respondent/ /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna plaintiff-appellee on the response