Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCWC-12-0000711 12-JAN-2017 03:54 PM SCWC-12-0000711 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAIʻI

TITLE GUARANTY ESCROW SERVICES, INC., a Hawaiʻi corporation, Respondent/Plaintiff-Appellee,

v. WAILEA RESORT COMPANY, LTD., a Hawaiʻi corporation, Respondent/Defendant, Cross-Claim Defendant, Cross-Claim Plaintiff-Appellee,

and

MICHAEL J. SZYMANSKI, Petitioner/Defendant, Cross-Claim Plaintiff, Cross-Claim Defendant, Third-Party Plaintiff, Third- Party Counterclaim Defendant-Appellant,

and

ADOA-SHINWA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, a Hawaiʻi corporation, and SHINWA GOLF HAWAIʻI CO., LTD., a Hawaiʻi corporation, Respondents/Third-Party Defendants, Third-Party Counterclaimants-Appellees.

CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS (CAAP-12-0000711; CIVIL NO. 02-1-0352(2))

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

Petitioner/Defendant, Cross-Claimant, Third-Party Plaintiff, Third-Party Counterclaim Defendant-Appellant Michael J. Szymanski’s Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed December 2, 2016, is hereby rejected.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, January 12, 2017.

/s/ Paula A. Nakayama /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna /s/ Richard W. Pollack /s/ Michael D. Wilson /s/ Jeannette H. Castagnetti