MORRISON-KNUDSEN CO. v. MAKAHUENA CORP.

No. 9649.

690 P.2d 1310 (1984)

MORRISON-KNUDSEN COMPANY, INC., a Delaware corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The MAKAHUENA CORPORATION, Leonard H. Zalopany, Alma Zalopany, Leonard H. Zalopany, Jr., as Trustee of the Zalopany Children and Grandchildren Trust, Defendants-Appellees, and First Hawaiian Bank, Defendant.

Intermediate Court of Appeals of Hawaii.

Reconsideration Denied November 1, 1984.

Certiorari Denied November 8, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Emma A. Concepcion, Honolulu (Howard K. Hoddick and Gilbert D. Butson, Honolulu, with her on briefs; Hoddick, Reinwald, O'Connor & Marrack, Honolulu, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellant.

James M. Sattler, Honolulu (Robert G. Jones, Honolulu, with him on brief), for defendants-appellees.

Before BURNS, C.J., and HEEN and TANAKA, JJ.


BURNS, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff Morrison-Knudsen Company, Inc. (Morrison-Knudsen), the general contractor, appeals on the ground that the attorneys' fees, costs, and expenses awarded by the lower court to defendants The Makahuena Corporation (Makahuena) and Leonard Zalopany, Jr., as trustee, Leonard H. Zalopany, and Alma Zalopany (Zalopanys) are unauthorized and excessive. We reverse (1) the award of attorneys' fees and the challenged costs and expenses generated in...

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