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· 2/1/2008

Flores v. Rawlings Co., LLC

Citations

  • 177 P.3d 341
  • 117 Haw. 153
  • 2008 Haw. LEXIS 21

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • finding that although the defendant’s collection activities might have violated state statutes, the plaintiffs were not injured by paying the underlying debt because the debt was valid
  • granting summary judgment under consumer-protection statute because claimants did not “demonstrate[] that they were injured as a result of [business’s] violation” of the statute
  • construing the injury requirement for a UDAP claim under HRS § 480-13(b)
  • while \any person\ may sue based on anticompetitive activity, suits based on deceptive trade practices are limited to consumers
  • while “any person” may sue based on anticompetitive activity, suits based on deceptive trade practices are limited to consumers
  • “In order for [the defendant’s] failure to register [as a collection agency as required by HRS § 443B-3] to be actionable by private litigants [pursuant to HRS § 480-2], the threshold requirements of HRS § 480-13 must be satisfied.”

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Judges: Moon, Levinson, Nakayama, Acoba, Duffy

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