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Electronically Filed Supreme Court 30259 13-JUL-2011 08:59 AM IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI#I ---o0o--WALTER Y.C. CHANG, Individually and as Trustee under that certain unrecorded Trust Agreement of Walter Yin Choy Chang dated August 3, 1982, and SYLVIA S.W. CHANG, Individually and as Trustee under that certain unrecorded Trust Agreement of Sylvia Seu Way Chang, dated August 3, 1982, Respondents/Plaintiffs-Appellees, vs. EADEAN MICHIE BUFFINGTON, Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant, and STEVE MONTGOMERY CROUCH, NAOMI HOKULANI CROUCH, HOKULANI SQUARE, INC., INVESTORS FUNDING CORPORATION, Respondents/Defendants-Appellees, and INTEGRITY ESCROW AND TITLE COMPANY, INC., fka First Financial Title and Escrow Agency of Hawaii, Inc., nka Hawaii Escrow & Title, Inc., Petitioner/Third-Party Defendant-Appellant. NO. 30259 CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS (CIV NO. 05-1-1708) JULY 13, 2011 RECKTENWALD, C.J., CIRCUIT JUDGE SAKAMOTO, IN PLACE OF DUFFY, J., RECUSED, AND CIRCUIT JUDGE AHN, ASSIGNED BY REASON OF VACANCY; WITH NAKAYAMA, J., DISSENTING, WITH WHOM CIRCUIT JUDGE TRADER, IN PLACE OF ACOBA, J., RECUSED, JOINS

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OPINION OF THE COURT BY RECKTENWALD, C.J. In this appeal, we consider whether the Intermediate Court of Appeals had jurisdiction to review a good faith settlement determination, which was made by a federal bankruptcy court prior to the case being remanded to state court. Eadean Michie Buffington seeks review of the Intermediate Court of Appeals' June 4, 2010 order dismissing Buffington and Integrity Escrow and Title Company, Inc.'s1 appeal for lack of appellate jurisdiction. Buffington and Integrity

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