Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCWC-XX-XXXXXXX SCWC-XX-XXXXXXX 12-DEC-2018 10:33 AM 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 Claimant-Appellee,

and

MICHAEL J. SZYMANSKI, Petitioner/Defendant/Cross Claimant/Third-party Plaintiff/Cross- claim Defendant/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/Cross-claim Defendants/ Third-party Counterclaimants-Appellees. ________________________________________________________________

CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS (CAAP NOS. XX-XXXXXXX AND XX-XXXXXXX; CIV. NO. 02-1-0352(2))

ORDER (By: Nakayama, Acting C.J., McKenna, Pollack, and Wilson, JJ., and Circuit Judge Remigio, in place of Recktenwald, C.J., recused)

Upon consideration of Petitioner/Defendant/Cross Claimant/Third-party Plaintiff/Cross-claim Defendant/Third-party Counterclaim Defendant-Appellant Michael J. Szymanski’s application for writ of certiorari, filed November 6, 2018, is hereby accepted. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that no oral argument will be heard in this case. Any party may, within ten days and pursuant to Rule 34(c) of the Hawaii Rules of Appellate Procedure, move for retention of oral argument. DATED: Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, December 12, 2018. /s/ Paula A. Nakayama /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna /s/ Richard W. Pollack /s/ Michael D. Wilson /s/ Catherine H. Remigio

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