Richardson v. Sport Shinko (Waikiki Corp.)

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the trial court had the authority to give an instruction “if it deemed such a measure appropriate”
• recognizing the need for prompt, efficient resolution of civil disputes before trial, in part because of the strain on judicial resources
• holding that the trial court had the inherent power to fashion a remedy to cure prejudice suffered by one party as a result of another party’s loss of critical evidence and that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in refusing to exercise that power
• finding that mandatory arbitration program was constitutional because it provides for a trial de novo
• noting that HRS §§ 603-21.9(1) and (6) 32 are the “legislative restatement of the inherent powers doctrine”
• construing Hawai`i Rules of Appellate Procedure (HRAP) 4(a)(4) the same as its federal counterpart

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).