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