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· 10/4/2007

Porter v. Hu

Citations

  • 169 P.3d 994
  • 116 Haw. 42
  • 26 I.E.R. Cas. (BNA) 1253
  • 2007 Haw. App. LEXIS 595

How courts have described this case

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

  • finding misconduct, but not gross and flagrant, where prosecutor suggested to jury it may convict if it believed it was reasonable that the defendant committed the crime
  • discussing allegations that an agent “wrongfully lost his book of business as a result of the parent insurer’s misconduct”
  • granting relief on a theory of unjust enrichment where an express contract “did not provide for redress of the specific harm done”
  • stating “the absence of an adequate remedy at law” 1s a “necessary prerequisite” to bring a suit for an equitable remedy (citation and quotation marks omitted)
  • “One who receives a benefit is of course enriched, and he would be unjustly enriched if its retention would be unjust.”
  • \the damages alleged to have resulted from the tort are different in type and character from those arising under the equitable principle of unjust enrichment.\

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Judges: Foley, Fujise, Watanabe, Nakamura

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