Table 13: Types of Defendants in Punitive Damages Cases

Case Code/Category / Plaintiff Name / Comps / Punitives / Primary D / Secondary D / Count
STATE
S1-3 / Nakagawa / $1,212,810 / $2,500 / I1-male driver
I2-wife
S2-3 / Sananikone / $47,020 / $75,000 / I-male driver
S3-1 / Ofisa / $40,000 / $20,000 / I-man/prof. boxer
S4-1 / Caris / $16,370 / $10,000 / I-man
S5-2 / Sorrell / $10,691 / $30,000 / I-male pscyh. / State of Hawaii (no ref to liability/family court removal) / State-?
S6-4 / Kanehe
(bit by Ds Akita while walking near Ds property) / $30,300 / $75,000 / I1-dog owner ($52,500 of Pds)
I2-dog owner ($15,000 of PDs) / B-I’s property (farm) ($7,500 of PDS against farm) / B-Y
(landowner)
S7-6 / Critcher (fraud against mother) / $95,000 / $10,000 / Attorney/son of P / B-Savings&Loan (vol dismissed) / LP-Y
B-N
S8-1 / Batungbacal / $98,269 / $3,000 / I-off duty officer / Muni- CCH
dismissed by Judge / City-N
S9-1 / Niesl / $2493 / $40 / I-parents of minor / I-property owners dismissed by Judge / OOL-N
S10-1 / Sigler / $10,950 / $50,000 / M-CCH- part. liable under Resp. Sup. / I-police officers / City-Y
S11-2 / Parnar / $575,000 / $1.5m / I-male boss-10% / B1-Americana Hotels (ER) 23%
B2-Flagship (ER) 67% / B1-Y
B2-Y
ERs
S12-1 / Oakes / $6,306 / $5,000 / I-police officer / M-CCH, but no Pds against City / City-N
S13-3 / Cuson / $275,000 / $7,500 / I-male driver
S14-5 / Clawson (false arrest/prosec) / $37,352 / $20,000 / B-Sears (seller)-$20k in Pds / I1&2-employees
City-police / B-Y (merchant)
S15-3 / Reder / $14,975 / $15,000 / I-male driver
S16-7 / Masaki
(products) / $5,284,000 / $11.25m / B-GM-60% fault but 100% for PDs / B-Servco (out) / B-Y producer
S17-3 / Tilton / $4,110 / $3.00 / I-male driver
S18-3 / Uyeoka / $4,212,000 / $25,000 / I-male driver
S19-1 / Rod / $55,893 / $4,000 / I-high school kid-PDs only against son / I-parent-no PDS
S20-5 / McCurdy / $25,000 / $50,000 / Physician &
B-his practice (no ref) / Dr-Y
B/Dr-?
S21-6 / Rodman / $12,943 / $250,000 / I-Attorney Appell / State of Hawaii (neg licensing) (no ref) / LP-Y
State-?
S22-5 / Lessary / $181,000 / $800,000 / Attorney Appell & his B (no ref) / LP-Y
S23-4 / Chase
(shorebreak injury; prior incidents) / $282,750 / $440,000 / State-dismissed by P
County - dismissed by P
B-hotel-liable for PDs / State-N
County-N
B-Y-hotel/guest
S24[i]-1 / Vidmar
(domestic abuse) / $1000 / $7,500 / I-man
[S24][ii]-8 / Vidmar (Kan) (domestic abuse) / $300
(for Kan) / $750
(for Kan) / I-woman P
S25-2 / Calleon
(wrongful termination) / $644,510 / $150,000 / I-male chief executive-$50k of PDs / B-bus company-ER ($100K of PDs) / B-Y-ER
S26-4 / Ditto
(botched breast surgery) / $1,403,500 / $600,000 / I-physician
I-nurse (no ref to liab)
S27-1 / Kfentzis / $262,072 / $70,000 / I-young men brawlers / B-nightclub - jury found B not negligent / B-N
S28-1 / Santiago / $250,000 / $250,000 / I-male inmate / I-State of Hawaii prison - found equal J&S (no DFE), but no PDS against State / State-N
S29-5 / Schmidt / none / $35,000 / AOAO (condo owners) (none?), (I1)-security officer ($5k Pds)
(I2) - Pres ($30k PDs) / OOL-N
S30-5 / Mohr (defamation) / $1,000 / $1,500 / I-Attorney female / LP
S31-7 / Tabieros
(products) / $479,400 / $52,000 / B1-Matson
B2-Clark Equip (only D for PDs) / B2-Y-producer
S32-1 / Kim / $7,400 / $25,000 / B-nightclub only D-ratified acts/om of EEs-liable / B-Y-bar
S33-2 / Sullivan
(wrongful termination) / $1.312m / $500,000 / B-South Seas Motors-ER-liable / B1-Y
B2-Y
ERs
S34-1 / Mcauley
(20% fault) / $65,600 / $62,000 / I-man-Sonke (55%) / B1-Shorebird 25% fault (failure of security/prevent assault)
B2-Outrigger-Directed Verd. / B1-Y
bar
B2-N
S35-2 / Schefke
(age discrim, wrong term) / $504,892 / $300,000 / B1-Reliable-ER
B2-Pacific-ER (PD award against Pacific only) / B1-N
B2-Y ER
S36-8 / Kikumoto v. HTH Corp. (Wrong termin) / $3.00
(for HTH) / $1.00
(for HTH) / B-ER-won on c/c of breach of fid duty / B - reverse
S37-2 / Wilder / $2900 / $50,000 / B-ER Paul Brown
I-ER Paul Brown (no distinction-liable) / B-Y
ER
S38-2 / Awai
(harassment on the job; constr discharge) / $50,607 / $15,000 / I-male supervisor
B-ER (liable for comps but probl not PDs?-unclear) / B-?
S39-1 / Takaki / $400,000 / $4,785,974 / I1-man/Cambra (only liable D)
I2-Tavares
I3-parents of Cambra / B1-Cambra’s business
B2-Pawn shop
(neither liable) / B1-N
B2-N
CAAP
C1-2 / Laronal / $13,318 / $5,000 / I-man-100% at fault / B-employment agency-found not liable for failure to warn (not SF) / B-N
C2-1 / DeGuiar / none / $100 / I-man
C3-3 / Searles / $27,000 / $2,000 / I-male driver
C4-3 / Ito / $19,252 / $1.00 / I-male driver
C5-1 / Harper / $2779 / $3000 / I-man
C6-1 / Gregory / $3317,316 / $100,000 / I-man
C7-1 / Armstrong / $27,559 / $50,000 / I-man
C8-1 / Du Pont / $52,190 / $100,000 / I-man / I-woman (no liability/no ref)
C9-1 / Panganiban / $3,561 / $3,000 / I-man
C10-1 / Ching / $20,849 / $5,000 / I-man / B-newspaper agency found 5% at fault / B-Y
ERofD
C11-1 / Rosette / $20,940 / $23,750 / I-male security guard / S-State-found 25% at fault (neg hiring/training) / State-Y
C12-1 / Hubert / $26,568 / $5,000 / I-male-100% at fault / B1-employer of D- found 0% at fault;
B2-employer of P (no ref) / B1-N
B2-?
C13-3 / Yuson / $79,180 / $15,000 / I1-male driver
I2-male racer
C14-1 / Does / $12,000 / $32,000 / I1-male
I2-male
both liable
C15-3 / Subia / $23,000 / $12,000 / I-male driver
C16-2 / Floyd / $3,114 / $5,000 / B-Wackenhut security-ER-liable / B-Y
ER
C17-4 / Hart (neg back adjustment) / $9,465 / $9,400 / I-chiropractor
FEDERAL
F1-5 / Locricchio / $427,000 / $100,000 / NonProfit Legal Services
I5-lawyers in office / NP-Y
F2-4 / Mitchell (shorebreak quadrplegic) / $9.2m / $3m / B1-Hotel - 53% at fault
(prior notice) / B2-Health Plan (no ref) / B1-Y-hotel
B2-?
F3-8 / Gretzinger v. Lamb / $452,750
(for Lamb) / $80,000
(for Lamb) / UH Union (settled)
Professor (won on c/c) / U-N
F4-2 / Arceneaux / $12,000 / $60,000 / Union-ER-$50k in PDs
I-boss-$10k in PDs / U-Y-ER
F5-2 / Mano / $163,750 / $100,000 / Union1-ER
Union2-ER
I1-union president (90% Pds)
I2-Kozuma (10% PDs) / U1-N-ER
U2-N-ER
F6-5 / Carnell (false arrest) / $32,000 / $65,000 / City-police no spec ref
Officers- fault equal / City-?
F7-5 / Pulse (unlawful imprisonment) / $50,000 / $350,000 / City-police
2 Officers (80/20% fault for PDs) / City-N
Cases against Bs (not ERs): / S14-5-Y (Sears merchant arrest)
S16-7-Y (products)
S31-7-Y (products)
S32-1-Y (nightclub)
F2-4-53% (hotel) / Cases where Businesses were ER and had to pay some or all PDs / S11-2-B1 & B2-Y (ER)
S25-2-Y
S33-2-B1 & B2-Y
S35-2-B-N & B2-Y
S37-2 (Paul Brown)
S38-2-?
C16-2-Y (Wackenhut)
F4-2-Y (union)
F5-2-N (union) / Total
Cases against City as D: / S8-1-N (dis’d) but officer Liable)
S10-1-Y (resp. sup)
S12-1-N
S23-4-N (county dis’d shore)
F6-5-? (but officers liab)
F7-5-N(but officers liab) / Cases where Bs were dismissed/dropped out / S7-6-N (S&L)
S36-8- won Pds on CC
C1-2
C12-1 (ER of D) / Total
Cases against State as D: / S5-2-? (dis?)
S21-6-? (neg lic-dropped?)
S23-4-N (hotel shore)
S28-1-N (bar)
C11-1 (neg hiring) / Unions:
F3-8 (UH-settled)
F4-2-Y
F5-2-N / Mixed Indiv and Landowners Ds: / S6-4-Y (landowner/dog bite)
S9-1-N (Los dis’d)
S23-4-Y (hotel shorebreak)
S27-1-N (bar not neg for brawl)
S29-5-N (condo)
S34-1-NB1, NB2 (bar)
F2-4-53% (hotel)
Cases of only I v. Individuals: / S1-3
S2-3
S3-1
S4-1
S5-2
S13-3
S15-3
S17-3
S18-3
S19-1
S24[iii]-1
C2-1
C3-3
C4-3
C5-1
C6-1
C7-1
C8-1
C9-1
C13-3
C14-1
C15-3 / Mixed: S27-1 (mixed I and bar, not neg, so count?)
S28-1 (mixed, state out, inmate Y)
S29-5 (condo N; Pres Y)
S39-1 (Cambra)
C10-1-Y(ER of D)
C12-1 (ER of D dis’d) / Cases against LPs & MPs: / Lawyers
S7-6-Y (atty son fraud on Mom)
S21-6-Y (Appell)
S22-5-Y (Appell)
S30-5-Y (female atty defam)
F1-5-Y (LASH
Medical Prof.
C17-4-Y(chiro)
S20-5-Y (Dr defam v. Ditto)
S26-4-Y (Ditto)

[i]. Note this case is also listed under Category 8 because punitive damages were also awarded to the defendant.

[ii]. This case was also counted in Section 1.

[iii]. Note this case is also listed under Category 8 because punitive damages were also awarded to the defendant.