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NO. 23864 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI#I TOSHIO UCHIMA, Individually and as Guardian Prochein Ami for HERMAN UCHIMA and DUSTIN UCHIMA, minors; and YOKO UCHIMA, Plaintiffs-Appellees vs. DURST CORP., Defendant-Appellant and ERECT-A-TUBE INC. and ROTOR WING HAWAII INC., Defendants-Appellees and JOHN DOES 1-10 and DOE ENTITIES 1-10, Defendants APPEAL FROM THE FIRST CIRCUIT COURT (CIV. NO. 98-2949) ORDER DISMISSING APPEAL (By: Moon, C.J., Levinson, Nakayama, Ramil, and Acoba, JJ.) Upon review of the statements supporting and contesting jurisdiction and the record, it appears that: (1) the July 20, 2000 judgment, which enters judgment on the plaintiffs' claims against defendant Durst Corp., does not show finality as to all claims asserted in Civil No. 98-2949 inasmuch as it does not dismiss or enter judgment on the plaintiffs' claims against defendants Erect-A-Tube and Rotor Wing Hawaii, as required by HRCP 58; see Jenkins v. Cades Schutte Fleming & Wright, 76 Hawai#i 115, 119-20, 869 P.2d 1334, 1339-39 (1994) (In a multiple party circuit court case, a judgment that purports to be the

final judgment is not appealable unless the judgment, on its face, shows finality as to all claims against all the parties.); and, thus, (2) this appeal is premature and we lack jurisdiction. Therefore, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this appeal is dismissed for lack of appellate jurisdiction. DATED: Honolulu, Hawai#i, January 31, 2001.



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