Electronically Filed

Supreme Court

SCWC-14-0000782

08-APR-2015

12:56 PM

SCWC-14-0000782

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAIʻI

LEX R. SMITH and CYNTHIA M. NOJIMA,

Respondents/Plaintiffs-Appellees,

vs.

JERRY TUBAL,

Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant.

CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS

(CAAP-14-0000782; CASE NO. 1RC13-1-2385)

ORDER REJECTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI (By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, Pollack, and Wilson, JJ., and Circuit Judge Toʻotoʻo, in place of McKenna, J., recused)

Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant Jerry Tubal’s Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed on February 26, 2015, is hereby rejected.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, April 8, 2015. Anthony P. Locricchio /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald for petitioner

/s/ Paula A. Nakayama Jesse W. Schiel for respondents /s/ Richard W. Pollack

/s/ Michael D. Wilson

/s/ Faʻauuga Toʻotoʻo