Mikelson v. United Services Automobile Association

Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCWC-12-0000535 18-OCT-2013 10:31 AM SCWC-12-0000535 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI#I MATHEW S. MIKELSON, Petitioner/Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION, Respondent/Defendant-Appellant. CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS (CAAP-12-0000535; CIV. NO. 99-1856-05) ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR PARTIAL RECONSIDERATION (By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, Acoba, McKenna, and Pollack, JJ.) Upon consideration of Petitioner/Plaintiff-Appellee Mathew S. Mikelson’s Motion for Partial Reconsideration of Amended Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari, Vacating in Part Intermediate Court of Appeals’ Judgment on Appeal and Remanding to Intermediate Court of Appeals (Motion), filed on October 11, 2013, the documents attached thereto and the record, it is noted that generally a motion for reconsideration of an acceptance of an application for writ of certiorari would be dismissed. See Hawai#i Rules of Appellate Procedure (HRAP) Rule 40.1(h). However, in light of the nature of the court’s October 3, 2013 amended order accepting Mikelson’s application for writ of certiorari, the Motion was considered pursuant to HRAP Rule 40(a). Accordingly, based upon consideration of the Motion under HRAP Rule 40(a), IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Motion is denied. DATED: Honolulu, Hawai#i, October 18, 2013. Gregory W. Kugle and /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald Tred R. Eyerly, for petitioner /s/ Paula A. Nakayama Kevin P.H. Sumida and /s/ Simeon R. Acoba, Jr. Ward F.N. Fujimoto, for respondent /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna /s/ Richard W. Pollack 2