Hawai'i Government Employees Association v. Department of Public Safety

FOR PUBLICATION IN WEST'S HAWAI#I REPORTS AND PACIFIC REPORTER

Electronically Filed
Intermediate Court of Appeals
CAAP-XX-XXXXXXX
06-MAR-2026
03:26 PM
Dkt. 97 OCOR

NO. CAAP-XX-XXXXXXX

IN THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS

OF THE STATE OF HAWAI#I

–––O0O–––

HAWAI#I GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION, AFSCME,
LOCAL 152, ALF-CIO; and UNITED PUBLIC WORKERS,
AFSCME, LOCAL 646, AFL-CIO, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v.
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, STATE OF HAWAI#I,
Defendant-Appellee,
and
JOHN DOES 1-10; JANE DOES 1-10; DOE PARTNERSHIPS 1-10;
DOE CORPORATIONS 1-10; DOE GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES 1-10,
and DOE ENTITIES 1-10, Defendants

APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIRST CIRCUIT
(CIVIL NO. 1CCV-XX-XXXXXXX)

ORDER OF CORRECTION
(By: Wadsworth, J., for the court1/)

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Opinion of the Court
entered on August 18, 2025, is corrected as follows:
On page 6, second full paragraph, line 7, please
replace the word "and" with the word "an" so that the sentence
reads:

examples of information in which an individual has a significant

On page 8, last paragraph, line 4, please add an "i" to
the end of the word "Hawai#" so that the line reads:

members. Hawai#i Med. Ass'n, 113 Hawai#i at 96, 148 P.3d at 1198

1/
Leonard, Presiding Judge, and Wadsworth and McCullen, JJ.
FOR PUBLICATION IN WEST'S HAWAI#I REPORTS AND PACIFIC REPORTER

On page 9, second paragraph under the "B" heading, line
6, please insert a space between the "§" and "92F-2" so that the
line reads:

omitted) (quoting HRS § 92F-2 (2012)). "Accordingly, UIPA

On page 12, first full paragraph, line 6, please insert
"Vol. I," after "1978," so that the line reads:

1978, Vol. I, at 674). The court thus considered it "appropriate,
when

On page 16, last line of the second full paragraph,
please insert a space between the "§" and "652D" so that the line
reads:
Restatement § 652D. See supra.

The clerk of the court is directed to take all
necessary steps to notify the publishing agencies of this change.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai#i, March 6, 2026.

/s/ Clyde J. Wadsworth
Associate Judge

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FOR PUBLICATION IN WEST'S HAWAI#I REPORTS AND PACIFIC REPORTER

Electronically Filed
Intermediate Court of Appeals
CAAP-XX-XXXXXXX
06-MAR-2026
03:26 PM
Dkt. 97 OCOR

NO. CAAP-XX-XXXXXXX

IN THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS

OF THE STATE OF HAWAI#I

–––O0O–––

HAWAI#I GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION, AFSCME,
LOCAL 152, ALF-CIO; and UNITED PUBLIC WORKERS,
AFSCME, LOCAL 646, AFL-CIO, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v.
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, STATE OF HAWAI#I,
Defendant-Appellee,
and
JOHN DOES 1-10; JANE DOES 1-10; DOE PARTNERSHIPS 1-10;
DOE CORPORATIONS 1-10; DOE GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES 1-10,
and DOE ENTITIES 1-10, Defendants

APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIRST CIRCUIT
(CIVIL NO. 1CCV-XX-XXXXXXX)

ORDER OF CORRECTION
(By: Wadsworth, J., for the court1/)

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Opinion of the Court
entered on August 18, 2025, is corrected as follows:
On page 6, second full paragraph, line 7, please
replace the word "and" with the word "an" so that the sentence
reads:

examples of information in which an individual has a significant

On page 8, last paragraph, line 4, please add an "i" to
the end of the word "Hawai#" so that the line reads:

members. Hawai#i Med. Ass'n, 113 Hawai#i at 96, 148 P.3d at 1198

1/
Leonard, Presiding Judge, and Wadsworth and McCullen, JJ.
FOR PUBLICATION IN WEST'S HAWAI#I REPORTS AND PACIFIC REPORTER

On page 9, second paragraph under the "B" heading, line
6, please insert a space between the "§" and "92F-2" so that the
line reads:

omitted) (quoting HRS § 92F-2 (2012)). "Accordingly, UIPA

On page 12, first full paragraph, line 6, please insert
"Vol. I," after "1978," so that the line reads:

1978, Vol. I, at 674). The court thus considered it "appropriate,
when

On page 16, last line of the second full paragraph,
please insert a space between the "§" and "652D" so that the line
reads:
Restatement § 652D. See supra.

The clerk of the court is directed to take all
necessary steps to notify the publishing agencies of this change.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai#i, March 6, 2026.

/s/ Clyde J. Wadsworth
Associate Judge

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