Crichfield v. Grand Wailea Co.

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• holding that when the Supreme Court construes a statute, its foremost obligation is to ascertain and give effect to the intention of the legislature
• holding that when the Supreme Court construes a statute, its foremost obligation is to ascertain and give effect to the intention of the legislature
• reviewing legislative history to confirm court’s holding based on statute’s clear and unambiguous language
• declining to construe recreational use immunity statute to create a universal defense to commercial establishments where there is a recreational and commercial component to the establishment's operation
• declining to construe recreational use immunity statute to create a universal defense to commercial establishments where there is a recreational and commercial component to the establishment’s operation
• determining that there was a question of fact as to whether the injured party and her husband were on the hotel grounds for a commercial purpose, patronizing the hotel café, or were there for purely recreational purposes such as viewing the hotel grounds

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