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SUZUKI v. STATE

No. 27180.

196 P.3d 290 (2008)

Barbara SUZUKI, Plaintiff-Appellant v. STATE of Hawai`i, Defendant-Appellee and Ted Sakai, Edwin Shimoda, Roy Yamamoto, May Andrade, John Manumaleuna, Francis Sequeria, and Doe Entities 1-10, Defendants.

Intermediate Court of Appeals of Hawai`i.

As Corrected December 4, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

André S. Wooten, on the briefs, Honolulu, for plaintiff-appellant.

James E. Halvorson, Nelson Y. Nabeta, Deputy Attorneys General Department of the Attorney General, State of Hawai`i, on the briefs, for defendant-appellee.

NAKAMURA, Presiding Judge, FUJISE, and LEONARD, JJ.

Opinion of the Court by NAKAMURA, J.

Plaintiff-Appellant Barbara Suzuki (Suzuki) is an African-American woman who was employed by Defendant-Appellee State of Hawai`i (the State) as an Adult Correctional Officer (ACO) in the Department of Public Safety (DPS). Suzuki was 65 years old and working at the Oahu Community Correctional Center (OCCC) in the position of an ACO IV. The State barred Suzuki from working after a fitness-for-duty physical examination revealed that...

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