Electronically Filed

Supreme Court

SCWC-12-0000484

20-NOV-2013

10:31 AM

SCWC-12-0000484

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI'I _________________________________________________________________

SUSANNE M. LUNSFORD, Individually

and as Personal Representative of the

Estate of BRIAN F. MCVEY, Deceased,

Petitioners/Plaintiffs-Appellants,

v.

SURGICAL ASSOCIATES, INC.;

FONG-LIANG FAN, M.D.; JOSE A. GANEL, M.D.,

Respondents/Defendants-Appellees _______________________________________________________________

CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS

(CAAP-12-0000484; CIV. NO. 09-1-2310)

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

Petitioners/Plaintiffs-Appellants Susanne M. Lunsford, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Brian F. McVey, Deceased’s Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed on October 18, 2013, is hereby rejected.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i, November 20, 2013. Dennis W. King /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald Aaron Loeser for petitioners /s/ Paula A. Nakayama

/s/ Simeon R. Acoba, Jr.

/s/ Sabrina S. McKenna

/s/ Richard W. Pollack