Ebbo v. SGG, LLC
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NOT FOR PUBLICATION IN WEST'S HAW AI'I REPORTS AND PACIFIC REPORTER Electronically Filed Intermediate Court of Appeals CAAP-17-0000347 31-MAY-2019 08:08 AM NO. CAAP-17-0000347 IN THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF HAWAI'I SHARON MATSUMOTO EBBO; AARON KWAN LEE; CHRISTY LEONARD; KENNETH KEICHI MATSUMOTO; NORA MATSUMOTO; LM-602 FRONT STREET L.L.C.; NM-602 FRONT STREET L.L. C. ; PM-602 FRONT STREET L.L.C.; RM-602 FRONT STREET L.L.C., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. SGG, LLC; RJZ, LLC aka RZJ LLC, Defendants-Appellants, and JOHN DOES 1-50; JANE DOES 1-50; DOE PARTNERSHIPS 1-50; DOE CORPORATIONS 1-50; DOE ENTITIES 1-50 and DOE GOVERNMENTAL 1-50, Defendants UNITS APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SECOND CIRCUIT (CIVIL NO. 15-1-0300(2)) (By: SUMMARY DISPOSITION ORDER Leonard, Presiding Judge, Reifurth and Chan, JJ.) Defendants-Appellants, SGG, LLC, and RJZ, LLC, a.k.a. RZJ LLC (collectively, SGG), appeal from the March 15, 2017 Final Judgment in Favor of Plaintiffs [and] Against [SGG] (Judgment), which was entered by the ' Circuit Court of the Second Circuit (Circuit Court) , 1 in favor of Plaintiffs-Appellees Sharon Matsumoto Ebbo, Aaron Kwan Lee, Christy Leonard, Kenneth Keichi Matsumoto, Nora Matsumoto, LM-602 Front Street LLC, NM-602 Front The Honorable Peter T. Cahill presided. NOT FOR PUBLICATION IN WEST'S HAWAI'I REPORTS AND PACIFIC REPORTER Accordingly, as the Lease, as amended by the Amendment, is not ambiguous, we conclude that the Circuit Court did not err in relying solely on the language of the parties' agreement and excluding extrinsic evidence of the parties' intent at the time the Amendment was executed. For the reasons discussed above, we further conclude that the Circuit Court did not err in granting summary judgment in favor of Ebba and against SGG. Therefore, the Circuit Court's March 15, 2017 Judgment is affirmed. DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i, May 31, 2019. On the briefs: rvt. lli\,...\L William Meheula, Terrence M. Lee, Natasha Baldauf, (Sullivan Meheula Lee, LLLP) for Defendants-Appellants. "<.Ml,.IN.MUAssociate Judge Judge Associate James H.Q. Lee Thomas J. Wong, (Devens, Nakano, Saito, Lee, Wong & Ching) for Plaintiffs-Appellees. 9
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