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VILLAGONZA v. HAWAII INS. GUAR. ASS'N

No. 13037.

772 P.2d 1193 (1989)

Jesse VILLAGONZA and Cynthia Villagonza, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. HAWAII INSURANCE GUARANTY ASSOCIATION, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

May 1, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul E. DiBianco (Adelina A. Simpliciano with him on the briefs; Wagner, Watson & DiBianco, of counsel), Honolulu, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Kevin P.H. Sumida (Clyde Wm. Matsui, Randall Y.S. Chung, Gary W.B. Chang, Thomas Tsuchiyama and Michael N. Tanoue with him on the brief), Honolulu, for defendant-appellee.

Before LUM, C.J., and NAKAMURA, PADGETT, HAYASHI and WAKATSUKI, JJ.

NAKAMURA, Justice.

The Hawaii Insurance Guaranty Association (HIGA) is a nonprofit unincorporated legal entity established by the legislature "to provide a mechanism for the payment of covered claims under certain insurance policies [in order] to avoid financial loss to claimants or policyholders because of the insolvency of an insurer [and a means] to assess the cost of such protection among insurers." Hawaii Revised Statutes...

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