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