O'CONNOR v. Diocese of Honolulu

How courts have described this case

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• providing that HRAP Rule 28(b)(4) requires that “[pjoints must ‘refer to the alleged error committed by the court’ ”
• stating that in light of an appellant's status as a self-represented litigant, this court would address his arguments on appeal to the extent they could be reasonably discerned
• explaining that the Hawai‘i Supreme Court has established a general policy of affording self- represented litigants the opportunity to have their cases heard on the merits where it is possible to do so
• stating this court’s policy that litigants be permitted to have their cases heard on the merits, where possible
• \[F]ailure to comply with HRAP [Rule] 28(b)(4) is alone sufficient to affirm the judgment of the circuit court.\
• \[F]ailure to comply with HRAP [Rule] 28(b)(4) is alone sufficient to affirm the judgment of the circuit court.\

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